Roasted Sea Bass With Potato Puree Zucchini Tomato And Basil Dressing Recipes

ROAST SEA BASS & VEGETABLE TRAYBAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Arrange the potato and pepper slices on a large non-stick baking tray. Drizzle over 1 tbsp oil and scatter with the rosemary, a pinch of salt and a good grinding of pepper. Toss everything together well and roast for 25 mins, turning over halfway through, until the potatoes are golden and crisp at the edges.
• Arrange the fish fillets on top and scatter over the olives. Place a couple of lemon slices on top of the fish and drizzle with the remaining oil. Roast for further 7-8 mins until the fish is cooked through. Serve scattered with basil leaves.

PAN-FRIED SEA BASS WITH RATATOUILLE & BASIL

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan and briefly fry 8 basil leaves just for a moment until they crisp up, then lift out of the oil with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper.
• Bring a large pan of water to the boil and get a bowl of iced water ready. Blanch the remaining basil leaves for 5 secs. Using a pair of tongs, lift out the leaves and plunge them into iced water so that they cool quickly and keep their colour.
• Once cool, lift the leaves out and squeeze to remove any excess water.
• Add the blanched basil leaves to a food blender and pour in 60ml of olive oil. to a pourable sauce, adding more oil if needed, then put in a bowl and set aside.
• For the ratatouille, halve the pepper, then deseed and slice into thin strips. Cut the courgette into quarters lengthways and slice. Slice the aubergine into thick rounds, then cut each one into strips.
• Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the cumin and garlic, and cook for 30 secs. Tip all the veg into the pan, season and sweat for 1 min. Add 100ml water and cook on a high heat for 4 mins. Adjust the seasoning, adding the sugar if needed.
• With a sharp knife, score each fish fillet with small slits through the skin at regular intervals.
• To cook the fish, heat the remaining 1 tbsp oil in a frying pan until hot. Season the fillets and place, skin-side down, in the pan. Cook until the skin is golden and crisp, and the flesh is changing colour.
• Turn the fillets over and cook for 1 min, remove from the heat, then sprinkle over the lemon juice. Divide the ratatouille between the plates and top with the sea bass. Drizzle with basil oil, a little extra virgin olive oil and serve with crisp basil leaves.

ROASTED BLACK SEA BASS WITH TOMATO AND OLIVE SALAD

Steps:

• Make salad:
• Mince and mash garlic to a paste with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Transfer to a bowl and whisk in anchovy paste, vinegar, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Whisk in oil. Toss with remaining salad ingredients. Let stand, stirring occasionally, while fish roasts.
• Roast fish:
• Preheat oven to 425°F with rack in middle. Oil a 1 1/2-to 2-quart gratin or other shallow baking dish.
• Rub flesh sides of fish with 2 teaspoons oil (total) and season with 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper (total). Divide onion slices and oregano sprigs into 2 portions and sandwich each portion between 2 fillets, skin sides out. Tie with kitchen string crosswise at 2-inch intervals and transfer to baking dish. Score skin on top in several places with a sharp knife and drizzle with remaining 4 teaspoons oil.
• Roast fish until just cooked through, about 15 minutes. Cut off string and cut sandwiched fillets in half crosswise. Serve topped with salad.

POTATO CRUSTED CHILEAN BASS

Steps:

• Purée peppers in a food processor.
• Add lemon juice, garlic and basil.
• Process until smooth.
• With processor running, add olive oil until sauce is smooth and creamy.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper and set aside.
• Using a sharp knife, cut potatoes, skin on, into paper-thin slices.
• Season fish with some of the olive oil, salt and pepper.
• Arrange potato slices, overlapping, on the surface of each fillet to resemble fish scales.
• Heat one teaspoon olive oil in a nonstick sauté pan.
• Place fish, potato side down, in pan and cook 5 minutes.
• Turn fish over and continue to cook other side about 3 minutes, or until done.
• Serve accompanied by simple grilled vegetables such as eggplant or zucchini and drizzled with roasted red pepper sauce.

CHILEAN SEA BASS WITH ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Place fish in a single layer in foil-lined 9x13 baking pan.
• Spread garlic, parsley, sun-dried tomatoes and green onions over fish.
• Sprinkle lemon juice and wine over all.
• Arrange zucchini around fish.
• Sprinkle fish and zucchini with salt and pepper to taste and small amount of paprika for color.
• Drizzle with melted butter.
• Cover with foil and crimp edges with bottom foil to seal completely.
• Bake at 450F for 20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork.

ROASTED SEA BASS WITH SWEET POTATOES, SPINACH, AND SALSA RUSTICA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Toss sweet potatoes, garlic, and shallot with 2 tablespoons oil. Spread evenly on a rimmed baking sheet and season with salt and pepper. Roast until tender, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven. Drizzle spinach with oil and season with salt and pepper; scatter over sweet-potato mixture. Season fish with salt and pepper; place on top of spinach. Drizzle fish lightly with oil; roast until opaque and flaky, about 12 minutes. Stir together parsley, capers, remaining 3 tablespoons oil, and vinegar. Drizzle mixture over fish and vegetables; serve.

ROASTED SEA BASS WITH WARM TOMATO DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Spread two tablespoons of the oil in a shallow baking dish large enough to hold the fish.
• Pat the fish dry on paper towels. Roll it in the oil in the dish to coat it on both sides. Season the fish inside and out with salt and pepper. Tuck a few slices of the garlic and two sprigs of the thyme in the cavity of the fish. If fresh thyme is unavailable, sprinkle in one-half teaspoon of the dried thyme.
• Place the fish in the oven and roast uncovered about 25 minutes, until the flesh can be lifted from the bone with the point of a knife and has turned opaque. Transfer the fish to a serving platter.
• Heat the remaining olive oil in a small saucepan until it is quite hot. Drop in the remaining garlic and remove from the heat. Add the onion, tomatoes and remaining thyme. Stir. Season sauce with salt and pepper.
• Remove the skin from the top of the fish, lift off the top fillet and serve. Turn the fish over and remove the skin and the bottom fillet in the same manner. Spoon the warm sauce over each portion of the fish.

ROASTED POTATOES WITH TOMATOES, BASIL, AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In the prepared baking dish, toss the potatoes, tomatoes, basil, and garlic with the olive oil. Sprinkle with the rosemary.
• Bake 20 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, turning occasionally, until tender.

ROASTED SEA BASS WITH POTATO PUREE, ZUCCHINI, TOMATO AND BASIL DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven 425F. Peel and quarter potatoes and combine in cold water, bring to boil. Add salt and simmer 15 min or until soft. Reserve 3/4 c of potato cooking liquid and drain potatoes in colander. In bowl, coarsely mash potatoes. With electric mixer, beat potatoes with 2 TBl olive oil and reserved cooking liquid until smooth. keep warm. In shallow oiled baking dish, arrange sea bass filets, skin side down in single layer. Roast in middle of oven 7-10 min or until just flakes. Make dressing - in small saucepan, combine the remaining ingredients except basil, with salt to taste and bring to bare simmer. Heat dressing at bare simmer until zucchini is translucent. remove and stir in basil. Divide potato puree among 4 plates, top with sea bass skin side down, then spoon viniagrette on top