Name: Bluefish with Fennel and Tomato Sauce (Mf)
Ingredients: 1 Fresh fennel bulb (about 1 pound); 2 tb Olive oil; 2 sm Garlic cloves, chopped; 1 1-inch strip orange rind; 1/2 ts Dry fennel seeds; 1/4 c Anise flavored liquor like pernod; 1 c Peeled and seeded chopped tomato (if fresh- 3/4 pound); 2 tb Butter; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 1/2 lb Boneless skinless bluefish fillets; 1 sm Yellow bell pepper, seeded, cut into 1/4inch dice for garnish; Snipped chives for garnish, optional

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Seafood, Grains		Fish-fs, Oven-fs	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Fresh fennel bulb (about 1 pound)
2	tb	Olive oil
2	sm	Garlic cloves, chopped
1		1-inch strip orange rind
1/2	ts	Dry fennel seeds
1/4	c	Anise flavored liquor like pernod
1	c	Peeled and seeded chopped tomato (if fresh- 3/4 pound)
2	tb	Butter
		Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2	lb	Boneless skinless bluefish fillets
1	sm	Yellow bell pepper, seeded, cut into 1/4inch dice for garnish
		Snipped chives for garnish, optional

INSTRUCTIONS

Discard the feathery green tops of the fennel, core and cut the bulb into
1inch pieces. Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a 9inch skillet. Add
the fennel, garlic, orange rind, fennel seeds, liquor, salt and pepper.
Cover and simmer, over medium heat for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes add the tomatoes, recover and simmer for 10 minutes
longer. Remove the cover and check the liquid in the pan. If there is a
good deal remaining, evaporate it until the mixture look syrupy. Remove the
orange rind. Turn the heat off and stir in the butter. Season to taste with
salt and pepper; cool to room temperature.
Season the bluefish fillets with salt and pepper, and set them, skin side
down in a generously buttered baking/serving dish large enough to hold the
fillets in a single layer. Spoon the cooled vegetable mixture over the
fish, cover with foil and store in the refrigerator for up to 12 hours.
To bake and serve, remove the fish from the refrigerator 30 minutes before
baking. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and bake 20 to 25 minutes covered
with foil until the center no longer looks translucent but opaque. Remove
from oven and serve; garnish with yellow bell pepper and chives.
Yield: 4 servings Copyright, 1997, TV FOOD NETWORK, G.P., All Rights
Reserved
Busted by Gail Shermeyer <4paws@netrax.net> on May 24, 1997
Recipe by: TVFN: COOKING MONDAY TO FRIDAY SHOW #MF6696 Posted to MC-Recipe
Digest V1 #626 by 4paws@netrax.net (Shermeyer-Gail) on May 29, 1997

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