Pan Roast Louisiana Blackfish with Corn, Crab and Caviar
- 1 cup grated Parmesan
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 6 (4-ounce) blackfish fillets, skin on
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Sea salt
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Silver Queen Corn Pudding, recipe follows
- Saute of Crab and Baby Corn, recipe follows
- Silver Queen Foam, recipe follows
- 6 teaspoons Louisiana caviar, for garnish
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh chives, for garnish
- 1 teaspoon fresh chive blossoms, for garnish
- 6 small sprigs fresh dill, for garnish
- 6 small sprigs fresh chervil, for garnish
- In a shallow bowl, combine Parmesan cheese and flour.
- Lightly score the skin side of the fillets several times to form a cross hatch pattern without cutting into the flesh of the fish.
- Season the portions of the blackfish with salt and a touch of lemon juice.
- Dredge the seasoned fish into the Parmesan/flour mixture.
- In a large heavy skillet over medium heat, add olive oil.
- Add fillets, skin side down.
- Cook until skin is crisp, about 4 minutes.
- Flip fish and cook until fish is just cooked through, about 2 minutes.
- Once the fish is cooked, remove it from the pan and place on absorbent towels to rest in a warm place for a moment, while the plate is being composed.
- To serve, remove the Silver Queen Corn Pudding from molds and place into large, shallow bowls.
- Over the warm pudding, place a portion of fish.
- Over the fish, spoon on the Saute of Crab and Baby Corn.
- Carefully pour a small ladle of Silver Queen Foam around the fish.
- With 2 demitasse spoons, form the caviar into quenelle or egg shapes and place over the fish next to the bed of corn and crab.
- Lightly garnish the fish with chives, chive blossoms, dill and chervil.
- 1 quart heavy cream
- 1 pound Silver Queen corn kernels
- Kosher salt
- Cayenne pepper
- 10 eggs
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees F.
- In a 4 quart saucepan, bring cream and corn to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer until corn is tender, about 5 minutes.
- Pour mixture into a blender and blend until smooth, season to taste with salt and cayenne pepper.
- Strain the mixture through a fine strainer into a bowl.
- In another mixing bowl, beat the eggs.
- Slowly pour the hot corn mixture into the eggs, whisking constantly to avoid curdling the eggs.
- Pour the custard into individual custard cups or molds, preferably nonstick.
- Place the molds in a roasting pan and pour hot water in the pan to come halfway up the sides of the mold.
- Bake until custards are just set, about 20 minutes.
- Yield: 10 servings
- 2 stalks lemongrass
- 2 cups fish stock or fumet
- 1 cup Silver Queen corn kernels
- Sea salt
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Cut lemongrass into 2-inch pieces and bruise with the back of a knife.
- Place lemongrass in a piece of cheesecloth and tie closed.
- Combine lemongrass, stock and corn in a saucepan.
- Gently bring to a boil, simmer 15 minutes, remove from heat and let steep 15 minutes.
- Remove cheesecloth, puree mixture in blender, and pour through a fine strainer, pressing on the solids to extract as much flavor as possible.
- When ready to use, bring the broth to a boil, season to taste with salt, whisk in butter and froth with a hand-held immersion blender.
- Yield: 6 to 10 servings
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/2 pounds jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over
- 6 ears fresh baby corn, blanched and sliced into rounds
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Hot pepper sauce
- Sea salt
- In a medium skillet over medium-high heat, melt butter.
- Add crab and corn, cook, stirring, until mixture is just heated through, about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Stir in lemon juice, remove from heat and season with hot pepper sauce and salt.
- Yield: 8 to 10 servings
parmesan, flour, blackfish, lemon juice, salt, extravirgin olive oil, queen, corn, queen, fresh chives, fresh chive blossoms, dill, chervil
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/pan-roast-louisiana-blackfish-with-corn-crab-and-caviar-recipe.html (may not work)