butter braised fish on creamed corn with pepper coulis

from a fish cookbook i bought at a dinner the chef made in aiken.

blanch 1 1/2 c cilantro, squeeze dry very well and process in blender with 3/4 c oil (called for bland oil, i used walnut) and salt and pepper. salt and pepper fish, put in a ziplock with oil and marinate in fridge for 30 min to 2 hours. scrape off marinade.

heat pan til hot, add 2 T butter (for one piece of fish to feed two), after foaming, add fish, pressing down with spatula to brown. add 2 more T butter and baste for six minutes by tilting pan and returning it the the heat. turn over, turn off heat, leave in pan 1 minute. blot on paper towels.

serve on creamed corn (1 ear of corn with 1/2 c cream salt and pepper, cooked for 10 min). garnish with coulis:

1 shallot, 1 garlic, minced and cooked in hot olive oil, to which you soon add 1 chopped bell pepper, pref not green. cook ten minutes, not browning pepper, stirring often. add 1/4 c white wine, cook till almost dry. cool a few minutes and blend with 2 T champagne vinegar.

delicious. o

zucchini spinach gratin

http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/zucchini_and_spinach_gratin/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+elise%2Fsimplyrecipes+%28Simply+Recipes%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

made this with pan grilled top round steak (on this blog...smeared with butter and mustard). then had it the next day with butter braised snapper on creamed corn with pepper coulis.

did i mention i love summer? all the ingredients were already here!

easy little bread

http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/easy-little-bread-recipe.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+101Cookbooks+%28101+Cookbooks%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

baked sausage peppers

brown one package of mild italian sausage, casings removed and crumbled, in olive oil with chopped garlic, one chili pepper, diced, and chopped onion. add chopped sage, basil and rosemary. dice three tomatoes and cook till reduced. add chopped broccoli, then cubed monzarella, stirring till melted, with parmesan grated.

sliced peppers halfway and seed them. stuff with sausage mixture, place in casserole, and surround with extra mixture if available. cover with more parmesan and bake.