Dish of Fish Fillets with Tomatoes & Sage
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Fish Fillet with Tomatoes & Sage


California
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Sched:
DoAhead:  		 2 main
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45 min
Part		 A delicious fish dish that's light, easy to make, and doesn't heat the kitchen up. With a serving of steamed rice and a salad it makes a fine summer meal.

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Fish Fillet (1)  
Chili Poblano
Tomato
Sage Leaves (2)  
Olive Oil ExtV
Salt
Pepper
Butter
Flour
Prep   -   (25 min)
  1. Cut FISH FILETS into 1/2 serving size pieces or as desired.
  2. Blast CHILI POBLANO skin black with your Kitchen Torch and rub it off under cold running water. Cap, ore and seed it, and cut into 1/2 inch dice.
  3. Scald TOMATO 1 minute in boiling water and chill in cold water. Peel and cut into 1/2 inch dice. Mix with Chili.
  4. Stack SAGE LEAVES and cut into threads.
Run   -   (20 min)
  1. In a small saucepan heat Olive Oil and fry Sage, stirring until it is fragrant and barely starts to crisp.
  2. Stir in Tomato mix and fry stirring until tomatoes are heated through but not getting mushy, season with Salt and Pepper. Take off heat, cover and keep warm.
  3. Melt Butter in your cast iron fish frying pan. Dust Fish Fillets lightly with flour and fry gently on both sides until cooked through and lightly golden.
  4. Serve warm with warm sauce spooned over.
NOTES:

  1. Fish Fillet:

      The pattern recipe was for Petrale Sole, a small Flounder much sold here in Southern California. Other light colored fillets that aren't too thick can be used. Tilapia, used in the photo example, is a bit awkward due to the large thin area.
    Do Not Use Pacific "Dover Sole", more properly called "Slime Fish" - it's unrelated to European "Dover Sole" / "Common Sole", doesn't cook well and is mainly used is as scrap fish to feed minks on fur farms - or sold to unsuspecting consumers.

  2. Sage Leaves

      This is for fresh Sage. Measure is firmly packed after shredding. This measure is for weak supermarket Sage, if your Sage is quite strong, use just 1 Tablespoon.
  3. U.S. measure: t=teaspoon, T=Tablespoon, c=cup, qt=quart, oz=ounce, #=pound, cl=clove in=inch, ar=as required tt=to taste
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