Best Sea Perch On A Bed Of Risotto With A Morel Sauce Recipes

GREEK BAKED OCEAN PERCH

Steps:

• In a skillet cook onion in oil over moderately low heat, stirring, until it is softened. Add garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
• Add wine and boil the mixture until almost all the liquid is evaporated. Add the thyme, oregano and tomatoes with reserved liquid, bring mixture to a boil, and cook it over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes, or until it is thickened slightly.
• Spread half the sauce in the bottom of a gratin dish just large enough to hold the fish in one layer.
• Top it with the perch, skin sides down and spread remaining sauce over perch.
• Sprinkle olives and Feta evenly over the sauce and bake 15 to 20 minutes at 400 degrees F. or until fish just flakes when tested with a fork.

SEA PERCH ON A BED OF RISOTTO WITH A MOREL SAUCE

Steps:

• Risotto.
• Heat the oil in a pan add leek and garlic, cook until leek softens, add butter and mushrooms, cook until mushrooms soften. Remove to a bowl and set to one side.
• Melt the extra butter in a pan add risotto and stir to coat risotto in butter. Add water, wine, chicken stock and truffle oil, simmer over a low heat until risotto is soft and all the liquid has been absorbed.
• In the last few minutes of cooking add peas and return leek, mushroom mixture back to pan, stir until peas are soft and it is heated through.
• Sauce.
• Heat oil and truffle oil in a pan, add shallots and cook until translucent, add wine and stock and bring to the boil.
• Turn down the heat add the cream half a cup at a time, stirring to combine after each addition.
• Add the chopped morels and pepper to taste. Mix a small amount of water to cornflour and add to sauce, stir until mixture thickens.
• Sea Perch.
• Heat a small amount of olive oil in a large pan, add fish fillets and cook until done, cooking time will depend on how thick the fillets are, for thinner fillets about 6-8 minutes and for thicker fillets 10-12.
• To Serve: Spoon risotto onto a plate top with fish fillets and drizzle sauce over.