Roasted porgy with peas

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1Porgy or sea bass, 3 pound
2poundsFresh peas
¼cupExtra virgin olive oil
6Cloves garlic, thinly sliced
½cupDry white wine
4Scallions, thinly sliced
¼cupFresh mint leaves

Directions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

Cut, clean and scale fish and season inside and out. Shell peas and set aside. In a saute pan large enough to hold the fish, heat olive oil until smoking. Place fish in pan and shake vigorously. Saute 2 or 3 minutes, until fish is starting to crisp on first side, and then flip it over. Add garlic and place in oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until fish is just cooked through. Remove and place pan on burner and remove fish to service platter.

Add peas, scallions and white wine and saute 1 minute. Add mint leaves and immediately pour over fish. Serve with some grilled yellow squash and portion tableside.

Yield: 4 servings

Recipe by: Molto Mario

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #488 by Sue <suechef@...> on Feb 28, 1997.