Steamed Black Bass With Sicilian Style Pesto

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Ingredients Ingredient Checklist 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 scallions, white parts only, very finely chopped 4 boneless black bass fillets (6 to 8 ounces) 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon lemon zest 1 teaspoon orange zest 1/4 cup dry vermouth or white wine 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, cut into small pieces Sicilian-Style Pesto 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves (about 15), chopped 1/2 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped 1/2 cup celery leaves, chopped

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Read the full recipe after the video.

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Recipe Summary Servings: 4

Recipe Summary

Servings: 4

Servings: 4

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Ingredients

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 scallions, white parts only, very finely chopped 4 boneless black bass fillets (6 to 8 ounces) 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon lemon zest 1 teaspoon orange zest 1/4 cup dry vermouth or white wine 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, cut into small pieces Sicilian-Style Pesto 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves (about 15), chopped 1/2 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped 1/2 cup celery leaves, chopped

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Pour olive oil into a large ovenproof skillet or baking dish. Season bass with scallions, salt, pepper, oregano, and lemon and orange zests; place in skillet skin-side up. Pour vermouth over fish.

Top fish with butter and transfer to oven; bake until fish is semi-firm to the touch and just cooked through, about 5 minutes.

Transfer fish to a plate and pour any juices left in baking dish into a small saucepan. Place over low heat and add pesto, whisk until well combined. Stir in basil, parsley, and celery leaves; if mixture seems too thick, add a little hot water to adjust consistency.

Divide pesto mixture evenly between four plates and top with fish fillets. Serve immediately.

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  Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       06/16/2008   I made this w/Mahi Mahi as I didn't have the Sea Bass and I made the pesto as well. Outstanding as was the Crispy chickpeas and spinach. However, there is no way I would cook the fish for only 5 minutes especially Sea Bass. I cooked my Mahi at 350 for 20 minutes. It was moist and flaky. There's nothing worse than slimey Sea Bass.  
  
  Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/11/2008   This Sea Bass recipe is outstanding. I made it for a large party of 16 - quite easy to do. Every bite of this and the Spinach with Crispy Chickpeas was consumed. Excellent, straight forward and extremely flavorful.  
  
  Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/04/2008   I had to use red snapper for this recipe and I wished I had cooked the fish with the skin side down and the seasonings directly on the fish. the skin did not allow the flavirs to penetrate the fish.  
  
  Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/22/2008   Double click on "Secilian-Style Pesto" to get the full pesto recipe and directions.  
  
  Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/22/2008   This is not the correct recipe for the Sicilian style pesto. It was simply sundried tomatoes, almonds and warm water, pureed.  
  
  Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/22/2008   I found the sundried tomato pesto by going to the home page of marthastewart.com and at the top of the page entered:Andrew Carmellini sundried pesto in the Advanced Search and it took me to the recipe that was featured on today's show. Buon Apetito.! EBon  
  
  Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/22/2008   The measurements listed in the pesto recipe are correct: 3/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes and 1/2 cup blanched almonds.  
  
  Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/22/2008   click on the highlighted 'Scilian-Style Pesto' line for link to recipe which inlcudles the sundried tomatoes and almonds  
  
  Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/22/2008   Please correct the pesto recipe. Thanks!  
  
  Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/22/2008   1/2 cup sundried tomato and 1/4 cup almonds  
  
  Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/22/2008   It also needs the sundried tomatos and the sliced almonds  
  
  Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/22/2008   you forgot to add in the sundried tomatoes and the nuts for the pesto recipe. Can you give me the amount needed for both?  
  
  Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/22/2008   The pesto recipe looks incomplete - does anyone have the entire ingredients? On tv he used sundried tomatoes, and some green herb Martha said she puts in her juice everyday - what was that?  
  

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  Rating: Unrated 06/16/2008

I made this w/Mahi Mahi as I didn’t have the Sea Bass and I made the pesto as well. Outstanding as was the Crispy chickpeas and spinach. However, there is no way I would cook the fish for only 5 minutes especially Sea Bass. I cooked my Mahi at 350 for 20 minutes. It was moist and flaky. There’s nothing worse than slimey Sea Bass.

Rating: Unrated

Rating: Unrated 03/11/2008

This Sea Bass recipe is outstanding. I made it for a large party of 16 - quite easy to do. Every bite of this and the Spinach with Crispy Chickpeas was consumed. Excellent, straight forward and extremely flavorful.

Rating: Unrated 03/04/2008

I had to use red snapper for this recipe and I wished I had cooked the fish with the skin side down and the seasonings directly on the fish. the skin did not allow the flavirs to penetrate the fish.

Rating: Unrated 02/22/2008

Double click on “Secilian-Style Pesto” to get the full pesto recipe and directions.

This is not the correct recipe for the Sicilian style pesto. It was simply sundried tomatoes, almonds and warm water, pureed.

I found the sundried tomato pesto by going to the home page of marthastewart.com and at the top of the page entered:Andrew Carmellini sundried pesto in the Advanced Search and it took me to the recipe that was featured on today’s show. Buon Apetito.! EBon

The measurements listed in the pesto recipe are correct: 3/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes and 1/2 cup blanched almonds.

click on the highlighted ‘Scilian-Style Pesto’ line for link to recipe which inlcudles the sundried tomatoes and almonds

Please correct the pesto recipe. Thanks!

1/2 cup sundried tomato and 1/4 cup almonds

It also needs the sundried tomatos and the sliced almonds

you forgot to add in the sundried tomatoes and the nuts for the pesto recipe. Can you give me the amount needed for both?

The pesto recipe looks incomplete - does anyone have the entire ingredients? On tv he used sundried tomatoes, and some green herb Martha said she puts in her juice everyday - what was that?

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