Red Snapper Livornese Recipes

RED SNAPPER LIVORNESE

Steps:

• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat and coat with olive oil.
• Score the snapper skins in a 1-inch crosshatch with a sharp knife. Season both sides of snapper with salt and pepper. Cook skin side down 4 or 5 minutes until skin is crisp. Turn fillets and cook on reverse side 3 minutes or until fillets are firm and flesh is opaque. Transfer fillets to a warm, shallow serving dish. Return pan to heat and reduce heat to medium. Add extra-virgin oil and garlic to the pan and saute garlic 2 minutes. Add wine and reduce by half, 2 minutes. Add tomatoes, capers and parsley and simmer a minute or 2 more. Pour sauce over fish and serve.

RED SNAPPER LIVORNESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a medium skillet, heat olive oil and saute onion until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add garlic, and saute for 1 minute.
• Stir in tomatoes, capers, black olives, red pepper flakes, and parsley.
• Bring to a boil, and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Spread 1/2 cup of the sauce in a 11x7 inch baking dish, and arrange the snapper fillets in a single layer in the dish.
• Drizzle lemon juice over the fillets, and then pour the remaining sauce over all.
• Bake for 15 minutes for 1/2 inch thick fillets, or 30 minutes for 1 inch thick fillets.
• Baste once with the sauce while baking.
• Snapper is done when it flakes easily with a fork.

RED SNAPPER LIVORNESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a medium skillet, heat olive oil and saute onion until tender, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, and saute for 1 minute. Stir in tomatoes, capers, black olives, red pepper flakes, and parsley. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Spread 1/2 cup of the sauce in a 11x7 inch baking dish, and arrange the snapper fillets in a single layer in the dish. Drizzle lemon juice over the fillets, and then pour the remaining sauce over all.
• Bake for 15 minutes for 1/2 inch thick fillets, or 30 minutes for 1 inch thick fillets. Baste once with the sauce while baking. Snapper is done when it flakes easily with a fork.

DENTICE ALLA LIVORNESE (RED SNAPPER LIVORNESE STYLE)

Steps:

• Cut the red snapper into 4 pieces. Dredge in flour and fry gently in a hot skillet with oil without cooking completely. Remove the fish. In the same pan saute the parsley and garlic in oil quickly, being careful not to let them burn. Add the tomatoes and white wine and let simmer for 10 minutes. Add the fish and simmer, covered, for another 10 minutes. Do not stir or the fish will fall apart.

RED SNAPPER PUTTANESCA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Position a rack in the top third of the oven.
• Dry the snapper very well inside and out. Score the skin twice on each side. Season inside and out with 1 1/4 teaspoons salt. Stuff the cavity with the rosemary, oregano and orange slices and close the belly around the filling.
• On a rimmed baking sheet, toss together the capers, orange and red bell peppers, onions, red pepper flakes, 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Place the fish in the middle of the vegetables and rub the skin with 1 tablespoon olive oil.
• Roast until the fish is cooked through and tender when pierced with a fork, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer to a platter to rest.
• Add the roasted vegetables to a blender; puree until smooth.
• Using a butter knife, cut the top fillet away from the fish by following the spine down the center of the fish. Remove the fillet with a fork. Flip the fish and repeat on the other side.
• Serve the fillets with the spicy roasted pepper puree.