Parchment-Baked Sea Bass with Morels and Red Wine Sauce
- 1 1/2 cups bottled clam juice
- 3/4 ounce dried morels, rinsed, drained
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 2 8-ounce sea bass fillets (each about 1 1/2 inches thick)
- 2/3 cup dry red wine
- 1 tablespoon minced shallots
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
- Bring 1 1/4 cups clam juice to boil in small saucepan.
- Add morels; remove from heat.
- Let stand until soft, about 35 minutes.
- Strain mixture; reserve morels and soaking liquid separately.
- Preheat oven to 475F.
- To form heart-shape packets, stack two 14-inch squares of parchment or foil and fold in half, forming rectangle.
- Cut into half-heart shape.
- Open hearts; brush each with oil.
- Place 1 fish fillet on 1 half of each heart.
- Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper.
- Top fish with morels, dividing equally.
- Fold parchment or foil over fish, folding edges over tightly to seal and enclosing fish completely.
- Place on baking sheet.
- Bake until fish is opaque in center, about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, boil wine and shallots in small saucepan until wine is reduced to 1/4 cup, about 6 minutes.
- Add reserved mushroom soaking liquid; boil until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 4 minutes.
- Mix cornstarch and remaining 1/4 cup clam juice in small bowl.
- Whisk into sauce.
- Simmer over medium heat until sauce thickens, about 1 minute.
- Place packets on plates.
- Open packets; spoon sauce over fish and serve.
clam juice, morels, vegetable oil, bass, dry red wine, shallots, cornstarch
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/parchment-baked-sea-bass-with-morels-and-red-wine-sauce-1662 (may not work)