Branzino with Roasted Tomatoes, Olive Oil Poached Mushrooms
- 2 cups olive oil
- 8 ounces button mushrooms
- 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
- 4 branzino fillets
- Salt and ground pepper
- 8 slices tomato, 1/2-inch thick
- Salt and ground pepper
- 1 cup white wine
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- For the mushrooms: In a saucepan over medium-high heat, add the olive oil to the pan and allow to heat until the verge of smoking.
- Then reduce the heat to medium and add the mushrooms.
- Allow the mushrooms to cook for 5 to 6 minutes, and then remove.
- For the fish: In a nonstick saute pan, add the grapeseed oil over medium heat for 1 minute.
- Sprinkle the fish with salt and pepper, and then add the fish to the pan, flesh-side down.
- Cook for 2 minutes, flip the fish and turn the heat off.
- Allow the fish to finish with the residual heat for 2 minutes.
- Then remove the fish and allow to rest until serving.
- For the sauce: In the same pan, return to medium-high heat.
- Sprinkle the tomatoes with salt and pepper, add to the pan and cook for 1 minute.
- Then flip the tomatoes and add the wine to deglaze the pan.
- Next, add the lemon juice, parsley and garlic.
- Remove the tomatoes and arrange flat on a serving plate, end to end.
- Allow the sauce to reduce by half, yielding 1/2 cup.
- Once reduced, turn the heat off and stir in the butter to finish the sauce.
- Then place the fish over the tomatoes, arrange the mushrooms and spoon the sauce over the fish.
- Serve.
olive oil, mushrooms, grapeseed oil, branzino fillets, salt, tomato, salt, white wine, lemon juice, parsley, garlic, unsalted butter
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/robert-irvine/branzino-with-roasted-tomatoes-olive-oil-poached-mushrooms-recipe.html (may not work)