SEA BASS WITH MARINATED VEGETABLES

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Provided by Jean Pierre Moullé

Categories     Vegetable     Bake     Roast     Dinner     Bass     Healthy     Gourmet     France

Number Of Ingredients 23

For marinated vegetables:
1 ripe medium tomato
1 garlic clove, smashed
4 basil leaves
1 fresh thyme sprig
6 green olives, such as picholine, pitted and chopped
12 Niçoise olives, pitted and chopped
1 tablespoon drained capers
1 celery rib, peeled and diced
1/2 small fennel bulb, stalks discarded and bulb diced
1 small zucchini, diced
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 small onion, diced
About 2 cups extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 pinch saffron, crumbled
1 lemon, peel and pith cut off and lemon quartered and diced
For fish:
6 (6-oz) pieces sea bass or striped bass fillet with skin, small bones removed
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
Extra-virgin olive oil for drizzling
1 teaspoon chopped fresh chives
Coarse sea salt to taste

Steps:

  • Marinate vegetables:
  • Core tomato and cut a shallow X in bottom, then blanch in boiling water 10 seconds. Transfer with a slotted spoon to an ice bath to stop cooking. Keep water at a boil.
  • Lift out tomato (reserve ice bath), then peel, seed, and dice. Put in a bowl with garlic, basil, thyme, olives, and capers.
  • Blanch celery, fennel, and zucchini in boiling water 30 seconds, then drain and transfer to ice bath. When vegetables are chilled, drain and stir into tomato mixture.
  • Cook bell peppers and onion in 2 tablespoons oil in a large heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Cool to room temperature, then stir into vegetables along with saffron and enough remaining oil to cover (about 2 cups). Marinate, covered and chilled, 24 hours.
  • Prepare fish:
  • Preheat oven to 450°F with rack in middle.
  • Put fish, skin side up, in a shallow baking pan and pat dry. Sprinkle with sea salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper, then drizzle with a little oil. Roast fish until just cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, gently warm half of vegetable mixture and stir in lemon. Serve fish topped with vegetables and sprinkled with chives and coarse sea salt.

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