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Dough Wines Ambassador and James Beard Award Finalist Nominee for Best Chef: New York State Ayesha Nurdjaja created this delicious pan roasted black bass recipe to elevate your summer table. Paired with fresh clams, asparagus and fresh herbs, this flavorful dish — with just a hint of heat — is perfect for summer entertaining. Pair with Dough North Coast Chardonnay.
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Pan Roasted Black Bass with Clams & Asparagus
Ingredients
Clams
- 1 pound Manila or littleneck clams
- 4 garlic cloves smashed (about 20g)
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 Fresno chili
- 1 orange
- Pinch of saffron
- 1 ½ cups Dough Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc (1/2 bottle)
- 1 bunch parsley stems chopped
- 1 large lemon
- 1 tablespoon butter
Asparagus
- 10 pieces baby asparagus 1 bunch
- Water as needed for cooking
- Salt as needed for cooking
- Ice water as needed for cooling
Black Bass
- 4 filets black bass sub cod, porgy or branzino if preferred
- Salt as needed
- Extra virgin olive oil as needed for cooking
To Finish
- 2 large lemons
- 1/2 cup parsley leaves picked (or substitute pea tendrils)
Instructions
Clams
- Run cold water over the clams. Make sure all clams are closed tightly and scrub shells clean.
- Place saffron threads in a small bowl. Pour two tablespoons of water over and steep for 10 minutes.
- Remove the peel from the orange with a sharp vegetable peeler or knife. Use a sharp knife to trim away the white pith from the peel. Cut the orange in half and reserve.
- Slice the Fresno chili into thin rings.
- Place a heavy-bottomed pan over medium heat. Add the olive oil, garlic, bay leaf, chili and orange peel. Cook until the garlic is golden brown and fragrant.
- Add the clean clams, the juice from half of the orange, the saffron and the wine.
- Turn the heat under the pot to high and cover with a tight lid. Cook for 4 -5 minutes until the clams have opened.
- When the clams have opened, remove the bay leaf and orange zest. Remove the opened clams to a bowl and discard any that have not opened.
- To the juices in the pot, add the butter, the juice from half of the lemon and the chopped parsley. Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Add the blanched asparagus.
Asparagus
- Prepare a large bowl with the ice water. Place close to your range.
- Fill a large pot with water. Bring to a boil. Add salt as you would if cooking pasta. Return to a boil. Add the baby asparagus and cook in the boiling water for two minutes or until the asparagus is bright green.
- Immediately remove the asparagus with a slotted spoon or tongs and place in the ice water to stop the cooking.
- Remove the asparagus from the ice water and drain on paper towels.
- Cut the asparagus into 1-inch pieces on the bias
Black Bass
- Dry filets on a paper towel.
- Turn skin side up on a cutting board. Using a sharp knife, score the skin by making three shallow ¼-inch cuts along the length of each filet.
- Heat a nonstick pan over medium-high heat.
- Salt the filets on each side. When the pan is hot, place the filets, skin-side down in the pan. Each filet should have about a ½ in space on all sides. Be careful not to crowd the pan. Cook until the skin is well-browned, about 3 minutes. Flip the filets and cook for another minute to 90 seconds, or until cooked through.
To Plate
- Cut the tips off the top and bottom of the lemon. Cut the rounded sides – or “cheeks” – from each lemon. Set aside.
- Add the cooked clams back to the reduced clam broth. Warm briefly until the broth is just hot.
- Put some of the warm clam broth, the clams and asparagus into a shallow bowl. Place fish on top. Garnish with the lemon cheeks and the parsley leaves or pea tendrils.