Glazed Sea Bass With Ginger Butter Sauce

Submitted by evelynathens

"Definitely a great dish to make for company. Unusual ingredients that work so well together."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• Sauce

• 1 cup dry white wine
• 1⁄3 cup chopped shallot
• 1⁄3 cup thinly sliced fresh ginger
• 1⁄2 cup whipping cream

• Fish

• 6 tablespoons soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 3 teaspoons rice vinegar
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons cold water
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 4 (6 ounce) sea bass fillets
• 4 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into small pieces

directions

1. For sauce: Combine wine, shallots and ginger in small saucepan over high heat.
2. Boil until liquid is reduced to ¼ cup, about 5 minutes.
3. Add cream and boil until liquid is reduced by half, about 3 minutes.
4. Remove from heat.
5. For fish: Mix soy sauce, honey and rice vinegar in another small saucepan.
6. Mix water and cornstarch in small bowl until smooth.
7. Add to soy sauce mixture.
8. Stir mixture over medium heat until glaze boils and thickens slightly, about 2 minutes.
9. Remove from heat.
10. Cool glaze to room temperature.
11. Preheat oven to 350F.
12. Arrange fish on small baking sheet (previously brush baking sheet with some olive oil).
13. Brush fish with some of the glaze.
14. Bake until opaque in centre, about 15 minutes.
15. Remove from oven.
16. Bring remaining glaze to boil.
17. Spoon glaze over fish.
18. Meanwhile, bring sauce to simmer.
19. Remove from heat.
20. Gradually add butter to sauce, whisking just until melted, before adding next piece.
21. Strain.
22. Season to taste.
23. Spoon sauce onto 4 plates.
24. Top with fish and serve.

Reviews

[kblakely144]

Seabass was good but very expensive ($80) for a weeknight and the sauces took longer to reduce than stated. Took longer than 15 minutes in the oven as well. Sauces were good together but not outstanding.