Red Snapper With Thyme, Tomatoes, And Olives Recipe - Cooking Index
Red Snapper With Thyme, Tomatoes, And Olives Recipe - Cooking Index
Leaves of thyme combine with tomatoes to create an instant sauce in this dish. The foil-packet cooking method produces wonderfully flavorful juices; serve the fish over rice to savor every last drop.
Type: Fish| 3 | Plum tomatoes - coarsely chopped (large) | |
| 1 | Shallot - chopped | |
| 2 teaspoons | 10ml | Chopped fresh thyme |
| Salt - to taste | ||
| Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste | ||
| 2 tablespoons | 30ml | Olive oil |
| 2 | Red snapper fillets - (6 to 7 oz ea) | |
| 10 | Kalamata olives - pitted, halved | |
| = (or other brine-cured black olives) | ||
| Freshly steamed white rice - for serving |
Combine plum tomatoes, shallot, and chopped thyme in small bowl. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Cut 1 sheet of aluminum foil about 18 inches long. Place on work surface. Drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil in center of aluminum foil. Place red snapper fillets side by side in center of aluminum foil. Top with tomato mixture. Sprinkle with olives. Drizzle fish with remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil. Fold foil over, enclosing contents completely and crimping edges tightly to seal. (Can be prepared up to 6 hours ahead; refrigerate.)
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place large baking sheet in oven and heat 10 minutes. Place foil packet on heated baking sheet. Bake until fish is opaque in center, about 15 minutes. Remove from oven; let stand 5 minutes. Open foil packet over bowl to catch juices. Serve fish with juices over white rice.
This recipe yields 2 servings.
Source:
Bon Appetit, November 2002
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