Baked Red Snapper with Fennel and Olives

Description

Light flavorful red snapper dish that is great with potato cauliflower mash.

Ingredients

  • 1 red onion
  • 1 fennel bulb
  • 2 ribs celery
  • ½ cup pitted olives
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 lemon, zested and sliced
  • 1 pound red snapper fillets
  • ½ cup dry white wine
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces

Instructions

  1. Combine onion
  2. fennel bulb
  3. celery
  4. and olives in a food processor with a slicing blade; process until everything is cut into a slaw-like consistency. Alternative use a knife to cut onion
  5. fennel bulb
  6. and celery into 1/8-inch thick strips and olives into rounds.
  7. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet over low heat. Add vegetable-olive mixture and season with salt and lemon zest. Cook and stir until everything is soft
  8. about 30 minutes.
  9. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  10. Spread out vegetable mixture on the bottom of a 9×12-inch pan and set red snapper on top. Drizzle with white wine
  11. olive oil
  12. and lemon juice. Scatter butter on top.
  13. Bake in the preheated oven for about 8 minutes. Move oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven’s broiler. Broil red snapper for 2 minutes
  14. making sure that it does not overcook.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 40 mins

Total Time: 55 mins

Servings: 4

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