Parchment Steamed Grouper With Martini Relish Crispy Herbed Couscous And Sour Orange Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Make the sour orange sauce: Put the orange juice in a small nonreactive saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Cook until thickened and reduced to about 1/2 cup, 12 to 15 minutes. Whisk in the honey and transfer to a heatproof bowl.
• Whisk in the lime juice and zest, orange zest and vinegar then season with salt and pepper. Taste and add more honey, if needed. The sauce can be made up to 2 days in advance and refrigerated. Bring to room temperature before serving.
• Make the martini relish: Combine the olives, peppers, jalapeno, shallot, vinegar, oil and parsley in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Stir and let sit at room temperature for at least 15 minutes to allow the flavors to meld. The relish can be made up to 1 day in advance without the parsley and refrigerated. Stir in the parsley just before serving.
• Make the fish: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Season the fillets on both sides with salt and pepper. Cut 2 large parchment paper circles or hearts. Place 1 fillet in the center of each piece of parchment. Top each fillet with 1 tablespoon of oil and 1 tablespoon of wine. For each packet, bring the edges of the parchment together, then tightly fold in the edges, crimping around all sides to seal the packet completely. Place the packets on a rimmed baking sheet or in a large ovenproof skillet.
• Bake the packets for 15 minutes. Using oven mitts, place each packet on a dinner plate and let sit for 2 minutes. Carefully cut open each packet and drizzle the fish with some of the sour orange sauce and top with some of the martini relish. Garnish with parsley leaves. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• For the sour orange sauce: Put the orange juice in a small nonreactive saucepan, bring to a boil over high heat and cook until thickened and reduced to about 1/4 cup. Whisk in the honey and transfer to a bowl. Whisk in the lime juice, vinegar and season with salt and pepper and more honey if needed.
• For the relish: Combine the olives, peppers, shallots, jalapeno, oil, vinegar, parsley and some salt and pepper in a bowl. Let sit at room temperature for at least 15 minutes to allow the flavors to meld.
• For the grouper: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Sprinkle both fillets on both sides with salt and pepper. Place 1 grouper fillet in the center of each piece of parchment paper. Top each fillet with 1 tablespoon oil and 1 tablespoon wine. Fold the edges together, and then tightly fold in the edges, crimping around all sides to seal the packets completely. Place the packets on a baking sheet or in a large oven-proof saute pan. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
• Place each packet on a dinner plate and let sit for 2 minutes. Then open the parchment and drizzle with some of the sour orange sauce and top with some of the martini relish. Garnish with parsley leaves.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place 2 sheet trays in oven to warm.
• To make the curry butter: Combine ingredients in a food processor and pulse until smooth.
• To prepare the Salmon and Mussels: Begin by making a seasoning with fennel and coriander seed and salt and pepper. Pound spices in a mortar and pestle, or grind with a coffee grinder, until you have a rough powder.
• In a large mixing bowl combine couscous, cilantro, lemon zest and half the spice mix. Stir well to combine, drizzle with olive oil, then divide evenly among 4 large pieces of parchment (big enough to create a folded pocket for the salmon). Nestle into the couscous 1 frozen chicken stock cube for each portion. Top with the piece of salmon and then sprinkle with remaining spice mix. Squeeze lemon juice over the top of each piece of fish and couscous then set 4 mussels around the fish in each packet. Fold over the parchment to create a pocket and trim paper to make a heart shape. Crimp over the edges, working from one end to the other to secure the paper tightly then brush with olive oil so the paper doesn't burn. Carefully transfer the parchment pockets to the hot sheet trays (you will probably need to put 2 per tray) then bake in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes.
• When done, the paper will puff up. Cut open tableside with scissors, top with curry butter, and shower with fresh chopped scallions and cilantro.