Cashew encrusted snapper

[Robs]

Several restos in my area serve this dish, but none of the chefs want to share his/her secret recipe. Does anyone have one they could share? I want to find a way to make the ground cashews stay on the filet better. Is coating the filet with mayo or egg preferable?

[DonK]

egg will have a better adhesion...cornstarch could work.

[PUMPKIN]

ahh, finally a thread i can sink my teeth into...my friends don't call me chef franciase for nothin....


here goes,

Step 1: take snappa and dust in flour, THEN egg, then (either finely chopped cashews, shaved coconut...my favorite, or any other coating), then back into the flour.

Step 2: take a deep, heavy sauce pan and melt one stick of high fat butter at very low heat. once the butter is fully melted, take a spoon and "clarify" the butter by skimming the fat off the top of the butter....

Step 3: turn heat up to medium, heat up clarified butter, and place snappa fillet in...until it turns light golden brown.....around 3 - 4 minutes per side assuming using yellowtail or similar thickness filet (mutton takes longer so cook at lower heat)

Step 4: once the fish is flipped and cooked, take a bottle of cooking sherry (publix variety has been working for years) and pour a quarter of a bottle over the fillets and let simmer in the butter and sherry sauce for another minute.

Step 5: take filets out, squeeze fresh lemon and a pinch of salt,....take sherry / butter reduction from pan and drizzle over fillet before serving....and wallah....you will no longer be in the dog house with your signifiant other

Bon Apetit

Frank

[Robs]

Frank- you are the man- I was missing the flour THEN egg step. I thank you. The sherry/butter idea is super.
Rob

[PUMPKIN]

You got it Rob...don't forget to clarify the butter before turning up the heat....this is the key (remove the fat from the butter and then you can get it hot w/out the butter burning...the result is a nicely golden but not burned fillet).....

Enjoy...

Frank

Originally Posted by Robs

Frank- you are the man- I was missing the flour THEN egg step. I thank you. The sherry/butter idea is super.
Rob

[DORADOsteve]

I may have to give that one a try. Seems simple enough. Thanks

[PUMPKIN]

Steve / Rob, try it with a mix of shaved coconut and crushed cashews, served with a side of mango salsa.....trust me, you will in heaven.....


Here's one more quickie to pull a good man out of the dog house, or lure a new unsuspecting hottie into the venus fly trap

Step 1 - Take 3 medium sized fresh florida lobsta tails, deviened and place in stainless steaming colinder.

Step 2 - Pour $10 bottle of champagne in bottom of large pot, and proceed to steam the above named lobsta tails (just like you would do steaming them in H2O) for approimately 7 - 10 minutes depending on size of tails) until cooked through, keeping a lid on top of the pot.

Step 3 - Remove the lobsta tails from the colinder, pour the champagne that reduced back down from steam into the pot, into a heavy sauce pan. Stir over low heat, adding the following: Heavy whipping cream, half cup of cooking sherry, fresh shallots, sea salt, a dash of pepper, some fresh lemmon juice, and if you really want to turn things up a notch, some finely ground viagra (one 100mg pill usually gets the job done until the sun comes up.

Step 4 - Take kitchen shears and cut the shells off of each of the lobsta tails, leaving an entire chunck of tail meat. Then take a clever and cut each of the tails into 3/4'' thick medallions, and spread out on a serving plate in circular fashion.

Step 5 - Take the champagne cream sauce, and making it look like you really know what your doing, say something in french (anything, chances are she won't know the difference and pour the champagned cream souce directly from the pan onto the fresh, succulent, champagne steam lobsta medallions...

By now, you guys can figure out, I am a bachelor and will probably will be for life.....so many fish & women, so little time.....what can I say, I like to eat what I kill......

Frank

Originally Posted by DORADOsteve

I may have to give that one a try. Seems simple enough. Thanks

[DORADOsteve]

Originally Posted by PUMPKIN

if you really want to turn things up a notch, some finely ground viagra (one 100mg pill usually gets the job done until the sun comes up.

[Robs]

NOW you are talkin...