Shad Fillets With Red Pepper And Saffron Sauce Recipes

SAFFRON FISH WITH RED PEPPERS AND PRESERVED LEMON

Steps:

• Pour 2 cups of boiling water into a bowl and sprinkle with the saffron strands. Use a spoon to press the saffron strands against the side of the bowl to release the flavor. Cover the bowl with a plate and set aside.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over low. Add the bell peppers, onion, tomatoes, garlic and cilantro stems, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Increase the heat to medium-high and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the onion is transparent.
• Nestle the fish into the vegetables, sprinkle with the paprika, red-pepper flakes (if using), 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Pour the prepared saffron water over everything. (You can do all of this in advance 1 day in advance, and refrigerate until ready to finish.)
• When ready to cook, add the olives and preserved lemon (if using - but if using fresh lemon, that will come in Step 5). Bring the mixture to a boil over high, reduce to low, cover the pan and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, basting the fish every 5 minutes. Sprinkle with the cilantro leaves during the last few minutes of cooking.
• Taste for seasoning and serve, setting the fish on top of the vegetables. Sprinkle with fresh lemon juice, if not using the preserved lemon. Serve warm or at room temperature.

SHAD FILLETS WITH RED PEPPER AND SAFFRON SAUCE

Steps:

• Place the fish, skin side down, in a glass or ceramic baking dish. Cover with the wine, lemon juice, garlic, onion, bay leaf and peppercorns. Marinate for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Combine the red peppers, vinegar, saffron, garlic and thyme in a saute pan. Cover and cook over medium-low heat until the peppers are barely tender. Puree in a blender or food processor until smooth. Strain.
• Transfer the fish to a clean baking dish. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the marinade over the fish. Pour 1/2 cup of the pepper sauce over the fish. Cover with foil and bake until the small bones dissolve, about 3 to 4 hours.
• Fifteen minutes before serving, heat the remaining sauce in a saucepan over low heat. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Remove the fish from the oven. Cut the fillets in half and divide among 4 plates. Spoon the sauce over the shad and serve immediately.

SAUTEED SHAD FILLET WITH LEMON

Steps:

• In a shallow bowl, combine flour, salt, and pepper and dredge fish in seasoned flour. In a saute pan over medium heat, heat oil until hot. Add fish to pan and cook until well browned on both sides. Remove fish and blot on paper. Return saute pan to heat. Add butter, let melt, and cook until brown. Add lemon juice, allow to sizzle, and add chopped parsley. Plate fish and drizzle lemon butter over top. Serve with asparagus.;

PAN SEARED SNAPPER IN SAFFRON SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat skillet over medium high flame until it's nice and hot. In the meantime with a sharp knife, score the skin side of the snapper and salt and pepper. Add 1/8 of a cup of the olive oil to skillet. Put the snapper meatside down, sear until you've got a golden crust then turn the fillet over and cook 2 minutes more. Take the fillets out of the skillet and set aside while you saute the fennel in the same skillet for 5 minutes. Set the fennel aside and drain any oil from the skillet. Put remaining 1/8 cup olive oil into skillet over medium heat. Add shallots, garlic, saffron, and saute for 1 minute. Deglaze skillet with wine, lemon juice and pernod. When there is almost no liquid left in skillet add fish stock or water. Bring to a simmer and add fennel back to skillet and continue to simmer for 2 more minutes. Put snapper on top of fennel, put skillet in a preheated 425 degree oven for 5 to 6 minutes. Remove from oven and put fennel on a plate and snapper again on top of fennel. Return skillet to high flame and reduce pan juice by half, remove pan from heat and add butter. Swinging pan until dissolved and sauce has thickened, salt and pepper to taste and spoon around fish and fennel.

SAFFRON-PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook a pinch each of saffron and red pepper flakes in a skillet with 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat, 1 minute. Add 1/3 cup piquillo peppers and cook 3 minutes. Puree with 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Season with salt.

BROILED FILET OF SHAD

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler. Place the shad, skin side down on a rack in a baking pan and season with salt and pepper. Broil the shad, about 6 inches away from the heat source until the top is lightly browned and fish is cooked through, about 8 to 10 minutes, depending upon how thick it is. (You do not turn it) When done, set on a bed of tomato garnish and serve with buttered spinach or other greens.

HALIBUT FILLETS WITH CREAMY SAFFRON SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk yogurt together with salt, pepper, Aleppo pepper or cayenne, and shallot. Rub saffron between your fingers to crush it, then stir it into yogurt mixture. Let sit for about 20 minutes (or covered and refrigerated for up to 2 hours). Just before serving, add juice, taste, and adjust seasoning.
• Sprinkle halibut with salt and Aleppo pepper or cayenne. Put butter in nonstick skillet large enough to hold halibut, and turn heat to medium. When the butter melts, add fish, and cook gently, turning once or twice, until a thin bladed knife meets little resistance when inserted into the thickest part, generally less than 10 minutes.
• Serve fish hot, warm, or at room temperature, with the sauce spooned over it.

FISH FILLETS IN RED PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• I a large non-stick skillet, saute the onion and garlic in oil until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add the red peppers, coriander, and pepper flakes; saute 1 minute.
• Cover and cook over low heat until the peppers are very tender, about 8 minutes.
• Transfer the mixture to a food processor or blender (Or use hand blender for less clean up);Blend until smooth, scraping down sides twice.
• Stir in 1/4 teaspoon of the salt.
• Sprinkle the fish with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and place in the same skillet.
• Spoon the puree over the fish; cover and simmer until the fish is opaque, about 8 minutes.
• Serve the fish topped with pepper puree and with lime wedges.

PAN-FRIED COD WITH RED PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Begin by chopping roughly the red peppers, spring onions (scallions) ginger and garlic, and add them to a large sauce pan with 15g of the butter.
• Fry gently for 3 minutes, then pour in the fish stock.
• Allow the sauce to cook and reduce on medium heat for 15-20 minutes then turn the heat out and using a hand-held blender or food processor, blend the sauce and pour it all through a fine seive into another pan and set aside.
• Ensure that the fish fillets are dry, then dredge each one in a thin layer of flour and season both sides with salt and pepper.
• Add the oil to a pan, and allow it to get very hot.
• carefully place the fish into the pan and let it fry for 2 minutes.
• Shake the pan to loosen the fish, then turn them over.
• Add the remaining butter and the juice of one lemon wedge to the pan and cook for a further 2 minutes.
• Heat up the sauce if its cold, and add salt and pepper to taste and the juice of a lemon wedge.
• If desired, add the double cream for a smoother, creamier finish.
• Place a fish fillet onto a plate and pour over some of the sauce.

POACHED FISH IN RED PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large, deep frying pan. Add the onion and fry over a medium heat for 5-10min until softened. Add the pepper and fry for a further 2-3min.
• Stir in the tomatoes and vinegar, bring to the boil and cook for 1-2min, then add the fish and poach gently for 10min, adding a splash of water if the sauce becomes too thick. Stir through the cilantro, season with salt and pepper and serve.

SHAD IN RED WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a large baking sheet that has sides, such as a jelly-roll pan, with foil and lightly butter the foil.
• Place the shad fillets on the baking sheet, brush with melted butter and lemon juice and bake uncovered for about 10 minutes, until just cooked.
• While the shad is baking, cook the shallots over medium-high heat in the vinegar and wine in a saucepan until the liquid is reduced to about three tablespoons. Do not use an aluminum or iron pan. Then, over low heat, begin whisking-in the butter a pat at a time, adding another pat as each one is incorporated, making a light, pink, buttery emulsion. Reserve one or two small pats of butter at the end. Do not allow the sauce to overheat or boil or it will break down. Season it to taste with salt and pepper and remove from heat.
• As soon as the shad is just done, divide it into portions on warm plates.
• Return the sauce to low heat, whisk-in the remaining pats of butter, spoon sauce over the shad and serve.