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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Bronzino Mediterranean Style

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
    1 red or yellow onion, chopped
    salt and ground black pepper 
    2 whole Branzino (sea bass) fish, cleaned
    4 lemon wedges
    fresh rosemary
    ½ cup white dry wine like Pinot grist
    ¼ cup lemon juice
    1 tablespoon fresh oregano leaves
    ¼ cup chopped Italian flat-leaf parsley

Asian Glazed Bake Barrimundi

 


    • 4 (4 ounce) fillets barramundi (Asian sea bass)

    • 1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed.

    Topping

    1 cup dried bread crumbs
    ½ teaspoon seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®)
    ½ teaspoon garlic powder
    ½ teaspoon onion powder
    ½ teaspoon lemon zest
    1 pinch dried thyme

  • Lemon-Butter-Basil Sauce:

    • 1 cup melted butter
      ¼ cup lemon juice
      ¼ cup white wine
      2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil, or to taste


      1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
        Brush fish with olive oil.
        Mix bread crumbs, seafood seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder, lemon zest, and thyme together in a bowl. Press fish in bread crumb mixture to coat all sides. Arrange coated fish on a baking sheet.
        Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Flip fish and continue baking until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 10 minutes more.
      2. Stir butter, lemon juice, white wine, and basil together in a bowl; drizzle over cooked fish.

Saturday, February 18, 2023

Miso Tare for Ramen




Pronounced tah-re, it is the bases for many a ramen. Miso tare tends to use more ingredients than other tares, to balance out the funky, fermented flavor of miso. Some people think that miso ramen is similar to miso soup, but the two are very different. Miso ramen uses a tare that has been blended with other seasonings and spices, while miso soup is usually just a dashi broth with straight miso mixed in. 


  • ¼ cup reduced-sodium tamari or soy sauce
2 tablespoons mirin
2 tablespoons sake 
2 tablespoons white miso 
1 tablespoon Srirach

Burn off the alcohol in the sake, add ingredients, take off heat. If you like it sweeter, a brown sugar to taste. Some recipes also add an equal amount of red miso, as show here.