Red Snapper in Squash Blossom Sauce
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 onion, sliced
- 1 garlic clove
- 5 leaves epazote
- 1 pound squash blossoms (using only the flower petals)
- 2 cups cream
- Salt and pepper
- 4 red snapper fillets (7 ounces each)
- Salt and pepper
- 1 can huitlacoche
- 1 cup corn
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 16 squash blossoms
- Vegetable Oil
- In a saucepan, add the butter, the onion, garlic and epazote and cook until the onion is transparent.
- Add the squash blossoms and cook until the flowers wilt.
- Place the flowers and the sauce in a blender, add the cream and salt and pepper.
- Blend well and return a sauce to the saucepan and warm up.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F:
- Place the red snapper fillets on an oven tray.
- Add salt and pepper.
- Cook in the oven for 15 minutes or until opaque and firm.
- Garnish and side dish:
- In a saucepan, add the butter and melt.
- Add the huitlacoche, the corn.and salt and pepper, to taste.
- In another saucepan fry the squash blossoms in hot vegetable oil.
- Assembly:
- On a large plate, place 1/4 cup of the sauce, add the snapper on top and garnish with fried squash blossoms on top of the snapper fillet.
- Add a side of the corn and huitlacoche mixture.
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/red-snapper-in-squash-blossom-sauce-recipe.html (may not work)