Crisp-skinned snapper with chestnut mushrooms
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Serves
6
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30 gm
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butter, coarsely chopped
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1
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clove of garlic, crushed
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600 gm
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chestnut mushrooms
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2 (about 750gm each)
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snapper fillets, skin on
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50 gm (1/3 cup)
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plain flour
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200 ml
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clarified butter (see note)
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1 tbsp
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finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
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1
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Heat butter in a frying pan over low heat, add garlic, then mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes or until tender. Season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
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2
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Using a sharp knife, remove tail portion from snapper and discard, then cut each fillet into 3 pieces. Dust the skin-side of the snapper lightly with flour and place a piece of baking paper over the flesh side. Melt clarified butter in a heavy-based frying pan over high heat until a heat haze appears. Add fish, skin-side down, place another pan on top to weigh down fish and cook for 2 minutes or until skin is crisp. Remove pan and paper, turn fish and cook for 2 minutes or until just cooked.
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3
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To serve, return mushrooms to the heat and warm through, scatter with chopped parsley and divide among plates. Top with snapper, scatter with sea salt and serve immediately.
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Note For clarified butter, melt cold cubed butter, pour into a jug, stand, skim surface, then pour off clear butter and reserve, discarding the milk fat – 250gm of butter will make about 200gm of clarified butter.
Drink Suggestion Light, dry pinot noir rosé.
RECIPE Steve Hodges, Fish Face
PHOTOGRAPHY William Meppem
STYLING Rodney Dunn