Chilean Sea Bass with Pine Nuts
in a Spanish Saffron Sauce

By Verano Petri


Ingredients

6 Sea Bass Fillets

½ cup pine nuts-roasted

1 cup Fish stock  (or bouillon)

1 tbsp olive oil

½ cup lemon juice

1 pack Spanish Saffron

½ cup white wine

1 tsp crushed red pepper

1 tbsp unsalted butter

Preparation

Saffron  Sauce

1. Pour olive oil in large deep skillet, add pine nuts, crushed red pepper, and sauté until the pine nuts are golden.

2. Add the butter, lemon juice, white wine and  the fish bouillon with curry,

3. Reduce on moderate heat to ¼ inch thickness. Do not cover pan.


Fish Preparation

1. Place the fish in the sauce, rolling the fillets on all sides to marinate them.

2. Position the fish flesh down, and sauté for 1 minute on moderate heat.

3. Turn the fillets over, cover, and sauté another 2 minutes , allowing the steam and marinade to penetrate the fish.

4. Serve on warm plates, and pour sauce and pine nuts over fillets. Saffron rice with steamed asparagus on the side.


Nutrition: 496 Cal, 24.6 g Fat, 45.7g Protein, 20 g Carb, 116 mg Cholesterol, ___mg Sodium

Serves 6


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