Fennel and Orange Bluefish Grilled With Tomatoes, Potatoes and Fennel
- 4 medium-size red potatoes
- 2 fennel bulbs, trimmed and halved lengthwise
- 1 bluefish fillet (about 1 1/2 pounds)
- 1 teaspoon roasted garlic oil
- 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
- 2 teaspoons crushed fennel seeds
- 1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Freshly ground pepper to taste
- 2 large tomatoes, halved horizontally
- Start a charcoal grill.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to the boil.
- Add the potatoes and cook for 15 minutes.
- Add the fennel and cook for 5 minutes longer.
- Drain.
- Cut the potatoes in half.
- Rub the flesh of the bluefish with the garlic oil.
- Sprinkle with the orange zest, then the fennel seeds, mustard seeds, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste.
- Let the coals burn down so that the fire is quite low.
- Place the fish on the grill, skin side down.
- Place the potatoes, fennel and tomatoes on the grill, cut side down.
- Cover the grill and cook for 25 minutes, or until the fish is cooked through and the vegetables are tender.
- Cut the fish in half lengthwise.
- Cut again crosswise, making roughly equal pieces.
- Place 1 piece of fish, 1/2 tomato, 1 piece of fennel and 2 pieces of potato on each of 4 plates and serve immediately.
red potatoes, fennel bulbs, bluefish fillet, garlic oil, orange zest, fennel seeds, black mustard seeds, salt, freshly ground pepper, tomatoes
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/3762 (may not work)