Balsamic Caper And Anchovy Marinade For Fish Recipes

BALSAMIC, CAPER, AND ANCHOVY MARINADE

Steps:

• Whisk together all of the ingredients in a medium nonreactive bowl. Use marinade immediately.

BALSAMIC, CAPER AND ANCHOVY MARINADE FOR FISH

Steps:

• Whisk together all the ingredients in a medium, nonreactive bowl. Use the marinade immediately.

SEARED HALIBUT WITH ANCHOVIES, CAPERS AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Put a large skillet, preferably nonstick, over medium-high heat, and leave it there until hot. Add oil and butter together. Butter should sizzle. When butter foam subsides, add fish, and season it lightly with salt and pepper. Brown fish, basting with pan juices, then turn, and brown again. Do not worry about cooking through. Turn off heat, put fish on an ovenproof plate, and place it in oven.
• Turn heat under skillet to medium, and add anchovies and garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally, until anchovies break up, just a couple of minutes. Add capers and wine, and turn heat to high. Cook until wine is reduced by half. Return fish and its juices to pan, and turn it in sauce once or twice. Fish should be cooked through by now. (A thin-bladed knife inserted into its thickest part will meet little resistance.)
• Taste sauce, add some lemon juice, then taste again. It should be strong-tasting but only mildly acidic. Remove fish to serving plate, spoon sauce on top, and garnish with parsley.

CAPERS IN BALSAMIC VINEGAR

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a pan and add the onion and fry over low heat until translucent, about 15 minutes.
• Add the garlic and fry for 1 minute.
• Increase the heat and cook the onion and garlic for 5 minutes or until it starts to brown.
• Add the sugar and cook for 15 minutes until onion is caramelised.
• Add the capers and vinegar and bring to the boil then reduce and simmer until the liquid is sort of syrupy.
• Rinse a glass jar with boiling water and dry in a warm oven.
• Spoon in the capers and liquid and seal.
• Store for up to 3 months and refrigerate after opening.

BALSAMIC BAKED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook onion and red pepper in the oil until onion is tender and golden, and peppers are slightly soft, about 10 minutes. Stir balsamic vinegar into the vegetables; season with salt and pepper.
• Rub tilapia filets with 2 teaspoons olive oil and a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Place fillets in a small baking dish, and top with the balsamic onion mixture. Sprinkle fish evenly with blue cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven until fish flakes easily. Serve atop salad greens.

SALMON WITH CAPER-ANCHOVY BUTTER

Steps:

• Blend first 7 ingredients in food processor. Add butter and process until well blended. Season to taste with salt. Lay sheet of plastic wrap on work surface. Transfer butter mixture to plastic wrap and roll to form 9-inch-long log. Freeze until firm, about 1 hour. (Caper-anchovy butter can be prepared 1 week ahead. Keep frozen. Let butter soften slightly before using.) Position oven rack about 6 inches below broiler; preheat broiler. Place salmon fillets on broiler pan and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Broil salmon until just cooked through, about 8 minutes. Transfer to plates. Cut caper-anchovy butter into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Top each salmon fillet with 2 slices butter (reserve any remaining butter for another use). Serve salmon fillets hot.

SALMON WITH ANCHOVY-GARLIC BUTTER

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. In a small bowl, mash together butter, anchovies, garlic, salt and pepper.
• In a large ovenproof skillet, melt about half the anchovy butter. Add fish, skin side down. Cook for 3 minutes over high heat to brown the skin, spooning some pan drippings over the top of the fish as it cooks. Add capers to bottom of pan and transfer to oven. Roast until fish is just cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Remove pan from oven and add remaining anchovy butter to pan to melt. Place salmon on plates and spoon buttery pan sauce over the top. Squeeze the lemon half over the salmon and garnish with chopped parsley. Serve.