Fish with Garlic Lemon Butter Herb Sauce

I have heard that you are suppose to eat fish in the months which end with 'er' but I eat sea food till March and then give it a break because it gets too hot and I am already so hot that it gets a bit of hard for people to resist me.

Hence, for me January, February and March is Januaryer, Februaryer and Marcher.

I have never cooked Salmon and I always wanted to. So, I went out and got some for me. This recipe has a longer name than Akon but it was definitely worth the money. Fish with Garlic Lemon Butter Herb Sauce, the name says it all and in fact it describes all of the ingredients as well.

I have chose salmon for this because I wanted to try out the mutton of seafood but you can go ahead and try any kind of boneless fish you want.

INGREDIENTS:

2 fish fillets with skin about 750 grams or may be even more

2 tablespoons of olive oil or more if desired (I used 4 because most of it was absorbed by fish skin)

2-3 tablespoons of butter

2-3 tablespoons of finely chopped garlic

2-3 tablespoons of chopped parsley or cilantro

1 teaspoon of dried basil

1 teaspoon of dried oregano

1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme

1 teaspoon of red pepper flakes

3-4 tablespoon of lemon juice

The recipe is very easy and only took me 30 minutes to make.

Sprinkle salt, dried thyme, oregano, basil and some chopped parsley or cilantro leave on the flesh side of the fish.

On medium heat add 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a non stick pan. Don't let the oil smoke keep an eye on it and put fish skin side up.

Fry it for 5 minutes and turn the fish around (flesh side up) fry it for another 4 minutes.

Turn the heat off and cover the pan with a lid. Let the fish rest for 5-10 minutes.

Carefully take the fish out on a plate (skin side up) and with the help of a spatula remove the skin of the fish fillets.

Now if the oil in the pan doesn't seem enough add a tablespoon or two. Turn the stove to medium heat again. Add finely chopped garlic and season the oil with some salt and black pepper.

Squeeze in the lemon juice and cook until the garlic turns slight brown.

Turn off the heat, quickly add butter and parsley and stir continuously until the butter is melted forming a thick sauce.

Add the fish to the sauce and sprinkle the rest of the parsley on it. You can eat this with bread, pasta and rice.

DO NOT FORGET TO THANK ME LATER.

Crevette A La Marseillaise‏

I've written a short poem about summers.

SUMMERS ARE HERE
THE DREADED SUMMERS ARE HERE

It is so hard to stand in the kitchen in this heat and it's not even June yet.

So, I will try my best to share recipes which are quick to make like the recipe that I am going ot share today.

Crevette A La Marseillaise‏ is a southern french pasta recipe which is basically pasta made in a creamy tomato sauce with shrimps seared in paprika and tomato paste.

The name is so hard to pronounce had to hear it 97000 times before I could say it right.

Ingredients:

a packet of fettuccine pasta (400 grams) cooked

10-12 large shrimps peeled and devained

1 medium onion

4-6 garlic cloves

4 tablespoon tomato puree

1 cup chicken broth

2 teaspoon paprika

4 tablespoon sour cream

4 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoon butter

1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

salt and pepper to taste

Need to finely chop the garlic cloves and onion first.

On low heat, put olive oil in a pan and add onion and garlic. Cook till the onions are translucent and garlic is aromatic.

Sear in the shrimps and cook them for a minute. Add the chicken broth. Cook for 3 minutes.

Add paprika, salt, pepper and tomato puree and mix it all till the shrimps are properly coated.

Stir in some dried thyme and separate the shrimps from the sauce. DON'T JUDGE MY HANDS.

Now in the left over sauce add butter and mix it till it completely melts.

Then add the sour cream and stir until it is completely mixed.

Stir in the fettuccine and mix it till it is coated properly. Check if more salt and pepper needed.

Everything is ready at this point.

All you need to do is to plate the pasta in a bowl. Put the shrimps on top and sprinkle some chopped parsley or coriander and Crevette A La Marseillaise‏ is ready to serve.