Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Sea Bass in Papillote

Source
Epicurious (Gourmet, January 2007)

My Review
Absolutely stunning ... and I even screwed it up by forgetting to buy tomatoes. I ended up subbing finely chop sweet red peppers for the onion and that worked out perfectly. The recipe calls for black sea bass or striped bass - I used Chilean sea bass and it was delicious. It had a full, robust flavor and tasted like something I'd get at a fine restaurant. A definite repeat and quite healthy, though Chilean sea bass = not cheap.

I served it with rice and green beans, but next time I'll serve it on a bed of pureed sweet potatoes. The sweet red peppers were excellent, so I'm not sure if I'll try it with the grape tomatoes or not.

Taste: Excellent
Ease: Easy
Ingredients: Minimal
Time: 20 minutes
Fresh herbs needed: Thyme

2 comments:

bruce said...

I'll definitely remember that recipe.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for writing this.