seafood
Nage Courte of Striped Bass
If you can’t find striped bass where you live, replace it with a fish of approximately the same size — anything from red snapper to porgy to black sea bass.
Sea Bass in Shredded Potato Skin
These fillets are cooked in a shredded potato crust. The crisp crust keeps the fish juicy and provides a nice balance to the tender flesh.
Brandade De Morue au Gratin
Brandade is a puree of salt cod, garlic, and potato emulsified with olive oil. You can prepare the brandade ahead and reheat it in a gratin dish at serving time until hot, bubbly, and brown on top.
Poached Trout In Vegetable Broth
Trout are poached with onions, carrots, scallions, and herbs. Their skin is then removed, the meat slid off the bone, and the fillets finished with a sauce made from the broth a little butter and oil.
Baked Mackerel With Potatoes And Onions
Fresh mackerel is nutty, fleshy, and moist — but it has to be fresh to be good. It’s excellent broiled to release its fat.
Grilled Swordfish With Spicy Yogurt Sauce
Before grilling the swordfish steaks, I rub them lightly with oil and coat them with herbes de Provence.
Crab Cakes with Avocado Sauce
Delicate to handle, elegant and refined in taste, these crab cakes have just enough bread in them to hold together, with some mayonnaise added for moisture and flavor.
Mussels Poulette and Gratinee
This dish was on the menu of my aunt’s restaurant when I was a kid. Rich and flavorful, it was always a winner with her patrons.
Monkfish Roulade
A large monkfish fillet is butterflied, rolled up around a stuffing of broccoli rabe that has been sautéed with mushrooms and garlic, and cooked on top of the stove.
