ROASTED RED SNAPPER Recipe
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Ingredients: This recipe originally called for a 6-lb. whole red snapper. I found this size of whole fish very difficult to find so I had to adjust the recipe accordingly. A 2-lb fish will serve 2 people generously and are much easier to find. So, this is what I do.
4 - 2-lb. whole red snapper
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 lemons, thinly sliced
1 bunch of fresh thyme
1 bunch of flat-leaf parsley
Extra virgin olive oil
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Directions:Preheat oven to 400º F.
Spray the bottom of a roasting pan with cooking spray (Pam) and put the thyme and parsley on the bottom of the pan to form a bed of herbs for the fish to sit on.
Salt and pepper the cavities of the fish.
Score the fish -- cut about 3 or 4 slices in the top side only of the fish, about 1/4-inch deep. Put a slice of lemon in each cut and put the rest of the lemon in the fish cavities.
Drizzle the fish with olive oil.
Place pan in pre-heated oven and roast the fish for 35 to 40 minutes, until the fish is cooked. |
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This dish is perfect for entertaining.
Roasting is somewhat forgiving with timing and this is nearly one-dish cooking. Serve with bread, a salad and a crisp white wine. Arrange fish on a platter or even present it in the roasting pan and you're all set.
While in the Cayman Islands this past November (2017), on one of the evenings we stayed in, Dee Keil and I made this dish. We found wonderfully fresh red snapper (2-lb. size) and decided to go for it. With Evelyn Mueller and Heather Phillips as our sous chefs, we made Roasted Red Snapper with lemon risotto and oven-roasted asparagus. We served Cakebread Sauvignon Blanc with it.
Totally awesome!!
QUOTE:
"It only takes one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is I can't remember is it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth".
--George Burns
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