Pan-Cooked Bass With Dill and Cucumber
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 4 bass fillets, 1/2-3/4-inch thick with skin
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 14 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 12 tablespoons fresh dill, finely chopped
- 12 seedless cucumber, very thinly sliced
- parchment paper
- Melt butter in a 12-inch heavy nonstick skillet, then remove from heat and cool.
- Put fillets, flesh side down, in butter.
- Then turn over so the skin sides are down.
- Sprinkle fish with 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoons pepper, and 1 Tbs.
- dill.
- Arrange cucumber slices overlapping on fish - like scales - and season with salt and pepper.
- Cover fish directly with a piece of buttered parchment paper, buttered side down.
- Paper should be large enough to cover the fish.
- Tightly over skillet with lid or foil.
- Cook fish over medium high heat until just cooked through, 3-5 min, depending on thickness of fish.
- Remove parchment and sprinkle fish with remaining dill and drizzle with some of the pan juices.
butter, bass fillets, salt, black pepper, fresh dill, cucumber, parchment paper
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/pan-cooked-bass-with-dill-and-cucumber-172694 (may not work)