English Sea Bass with Basil Sauce Recipe

Serves/Makes: 4

Ingredients:

• 4 sea bass fillets (about 6 ounces each and 1 inch thick)
• 3 cups (packed) fresh basil leaves
• 1 1/2 cups (packed) fresh Italian parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
• 1 small garlic clove
• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• 2/3 cup fish stock or bottled clam juice
• 1 shallot, chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce

How to cook English Sea Bass with Basil Sauce:

• Preheat broiler.
• Puree basil leaves, parsley, lemon peel, garlic, and 4 tablespoons oil in processor. Bring stock, shallot, lemon juice, whipping cream, butter, and hot pepper sauce to simmer in medium saucepan. Add basil puree; stir just to heat through. Season with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, place fish on rimmed baking sheet. Brush with 2 tablespoons oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Broil under fish is opaque in center, about 4 minutes per side.
• Spoon sauce onto plates. Top with the broiled sea bass fillets and serve.

Note:
The English Sea Bass with Basil Sauce recipe very easy to prepare and so good!

This recipe for English Sea Bass with Basil Sauce serves/makes: 4

The English Sea Bass with Basil Sauce recipe is adopted from The Fine English Cookery by Michael Smith 1998Main Ingredient: Bass 
Preparation Method: Broiled/Grilled
Cuisine: British