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Friday's striped bass night

Friday I ran across some striped bass. Fresh fish is best prepared and served simply. This one involved only shallots, parsley, lemon zest and butter. Start by throwing some sliced shallots in a hot sauté pan with some butter, followed by a healthy handful of chopped parsley and lemon zest. Then the fish is added to the pan, skin side down (the sizzle of the sear is truly one of life's great sounds), the shallots/parsley mix spooned on top, and the fish cooked for just a short time on the stovetop to get the skin crisped. Finally it's in a hot (450°) oven for about 8 - 10 minutes.

Serve as shown with some nice buttered green beans and crusty french bread. The best part (as with pretty much any fish) is that the whole thing can be done in under a half hour.

Posted on Dec 17, 2001 @ 07:53 PM

Comments:

revolution9:

I'm not a fish eater meself, but your post reminded me of something... In July, I moved to the Boston area and in October my mother came to visit me. She requested before her visit that we have dinner one night at a seafood restaurant, since this area is so famous for its seafood. Not knowing much about the area or the seafood restaurants in it, I enlisted the help of my boss, who directed me to the local Naked Fish. This turned out to be a hit - Mom said they had the best clam chowder she'd ever tasted. Anyway, your post reminded me of the restaurant because their specialty is "naked" fish - fish cooked with a minimum of sauces/seasonings/accoutrements. I believe they grilled their naked fish with a touch of lemon, salt, and pepper only. You probably know of the restaurant already, but if you don't, I do recommend it. I don't know where the others are, but the one we visited was on Speen Street in Natick.

Posted on Dec 19, 2001 @ 07:08 PM

dick:

I've been to the Naked Fish in Westborough. They do some good wood grilling and some excellent fry work (their fried oysters are pretty good). Unfortunately they pile on the salt a bit too much for my taste. Francie and I do go there in the summer, though, for their mojitos (rum, lime, mint and a sugar cane stick - quite tasty!). For fish in the Metrowest are I recommend either Go Fish or Legal Seafoods.

Posted on Dec 20, 2001 @ 05:49 PM