Truro Parmesan Crusted Striped Bass Recipes

PARMESAN CRUSTED SEA BASS RECIPE

Steps:

• As always, preheat the oven to 450º F.
• Combine the panko (bread crumbs) with Parmesan cheese, lemon zest and season with salt and pepper.
• Apply a spoonful of pesto on the non-skin side of each sea bass steak and then top with the bread crumb mixture. Press the bread crumbs into the pesto with the back of your spoon.
• Spray each steak with a little spray oil, transfer to a baking sheet that has been coated with some spray oil and refrigerate until you are going to prepare the broth.

RYE CRUSTED STRIPED BASS WITH LOBSTER CRABMEAT MOUSSE, SALSIFY PUREE AND ZINFANDEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Use a rolling pin to roll each slice of rye bread as thin as possible.
• Top each portion of striped bass with about 1 1/2 ounces of Lobster Crabmeat Mousse. Place in an oiled pan. Cover with rye bread. Brush with clarified butter. Bake until fish is cooked through and crust is browned and crisp, about 15 to 20 minutes.
• Serve with Salsify Puree and Zinfandel Sauce.
• Beat egg white to soft peaks. Beat cream to soft peaks, fold together. Fold in lobster and crab. Fold in salt, pepper and tarragon. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• In a large saucepan, combine salsify, potato and milk. Add salt, to taste. Bring to a simmer and cook until tender, about 30 to 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Drain, reserving liquid. Place vegetables on a sheet pan and place in the oven to dry, about 4 to 5 minutes. Press through a ricer. Mix in a little of the reserved milk, if needed, to form a smooth puree. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Stir in butter. Drizzle in white truffle oil to taste. Keep warm until ready to serve.
• In a saucepan, combine, wine, port, shallots, herbs and peppercorns. Bring to a boil and reduce by one-third. Strain, return to the saucepan and over low heat, whisk in butter, a few pieces at a time. Keep warm.

TRURO PARMESAN CRUSTED STRIPED BASS

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 425 and put rack towards the top
• Spray shallow metal pan w/Pam
• Lightly coat one side of fish with mayo and place fish in pan mayo side down
• Mix rest of mayo and all other ingredients until the mixture becomes pasty.
• Press mixture on top of fish
• Place in the preheated oven for 10 minutes
• Increase oven heat to broil and cook (roughly 3 minutes more) until crust forms

MOROCCAN-STYLE STRIPED BASS

Steps:

• Put the orange juice and thyme in a small saucepan, over medium heat and bring to a boil. Cook until reduced by half and becomes a syrup. Strain into a bowl, then add the honey and harissa, to taste.
• Preheat the grill to medium.
• Brush the fillets with oil on both sides and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Grill until slightly charred on both sides and just cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. Remove to a platter, drizzle with the sauce and sprinkle with olives and parsley.

BASS WITH PARMESAN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Coat fish fillets with flour; shake off excess flour. In 12-inch ovenproof skillet, melt butter over medium-low heat. Cook onions in butter about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender.
• Add fish to skillet. Cook uncovered about 5 minutes or until light brown; carefully turn fish. Pour wine and lemon juice over fish. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and cheese.
• Bake uncovered about 15 minutes or until cheese is melted and fish flakes easily with fork.

PAN-FRIED STRIPED BASS WITH LEMON SAUCE

Steps:

• For the sauce, whisk together: 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, 1/4 teaspoon lemon zest, 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, Salt, Fresh-ground black pepper.
• Taste for salt and lemon juice and adjust as desired. The sauce will separate as it sits; this is not a problem.
• Season: 4 pieces striped bass, skin on (4 to 6 ounces each) with: Salt, Fresh-ground black pepper.
• Choose a heavy-bottomed pan for frying the fish. Take another, slightly smaller pan that will fit into the pan for the fish, and wrap its bottom with foil. This pan will be used as a weight to hold the fish flat against the frying pan to ensure that all of the skin will cook and crisp. (You will see the fish contract when it goes into the hot pan, as the skin shrinks on contact with the heat.) Warm the larger pan over medium-high heat. When hot, pour in: Olive oil, enough to generously coat the bottom.
• Add the pieces of bass, skin side down, and place the foil-wrapped pan on top of the fish. Cook until the skin is brown and crispy, about 7 minutes. Check now and then to see that the fish is indeed browning, but not overbrowning. Adjust the heat up or down to speed up or slow down the cooking as needed. When the skin is browned, remove the top pan and turn the fish. Cook for another minute or so, until the fish is just cooked through, but is still moist and tender inside. Meanwhile whisk the lemon sauce together again and pour it onto a warm plate. Serve the fish skin side up, on top of the sauce.
• Garnish the fish with a couple spoonfuls of chopped tender herbs such as parsley, chives, chervil, cilantro, or basil.
• Soak, rinse, and squeeze dry a tablespoon or so of capers. When the fish is cooked add the capers to the hot pan and sauté for a minute or two. Remove with a slotted spoon and scatter over the fish.
• Make a Beurre Blanc (Warm Butter Sauce; page 228) instead of the olive oil sauce.

PARMESAN CRUSTED DINNER ROLLS

Steps:

• Grease 12 muffin cups.
• Place Parmesan cheese into a shallow bowl.
• Cut thawed bread dough into 12 pieces, then cut each piece into 3 more pieces, for a total of 36.
• Roll each piece into a ball and dip into the melted butter.
• Gently press the buttered dough ball into the Parmesan cheese.
• Place 3 coated balls into each prepared muffin cup.
• Cover with a light cloth and let rise in a warm place (80 to 95 degrees F (27 to 35 degrees C)) until doubled in volume, 5 to 7 hours, depending on the room temperature.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.