Red Snapper Curaçao Style Recipes

RED SNAPPER CRUDO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F. Place a serving plate in the oven and let warm. Preheat a grill pan to medium-high heat.
• Remove all skin, pin bones, blood lines and sinew from the fillet. Trim the tip of the tail end off the fillet. Separate the top side from the bottom side of the fillet; reserve the bottom for another use. Wrap the top side of the fillet in plastic and freeze for 20 minutes. This firms up the fish considerably, making it easier to slice.
• Meanwhile, whisk together the anchovy and the juice from half the lemon in a medium bowl. Whisk in the capers and Dijon. Slowly add the olive oil in a steady stream to create an emulsion. Set the vinaigrette aside.
• Brush the sourdough slices on both sides with some oil. Grill until toasted, about 3 minutes per side. Trim off the crusts and cut the bread into small triangles.
• Remove the trout from the freezer. Slice as thinly as possible on a slight angle. Transfer directly to the warmed plate and drizzle with olive oil.
• Spoon the vinaigrette over the trout and top with the scallions, parsley, lemon zest from half the lemon and a spinkle of Maldon. Serve with the grilled sourdough.

RED SNAPPER CURAçAO STYLE

Steps:

• Prepare for frying the red snapper.
• Make a marinade with the lime juice, scallions, clove of garlic and salt and pepper.
• Rub the fish with the marinade and set it aside for at least one hour.
• Melt in a heavy skillet the butter.
• Cut the fillets in serving pieces and coat them with flour.
• When the skillet is very hot, fry the fish quickly until it is nicely browned and crisp.
• Place in a baking dish and keep it warm in the oven.
• IN the fish drippings sauté until the onion is transparent the onion, green pepper and cloves of garlic.
• Add and simmer about twenty minutes the tomatoes and add the salt and pepper.
• The Creole sauce should be rich and thick.
• Just before serving place the red snapper pieces in the sauce and heat them thoroughly.
• To make carrot rice, sauté lightly in butter one minced onion and a grated carrot. Stir them into simmering rice when the water is almost absorbed.
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