Floribean Style Tilefish Pan Fried With Limes, Tomato

What! speak coldly for God, and for men’s salvation Can we believe that our people must be converted or condemned, and yet speak in a drowsy tone? In the name of God, brethren, labor to awaken your own hearts, before you go to the pulpit, that you may be fit to awaken the hearts of sinners. Remember they must be awakened or damned, and that a sleepy preacher will hardly awaken drowsy sinners. Though you give the holy things of God the highest praises in words, yet, if you do it coldly, you will seem by your manner to unsay what you said in the matter... It is only here and there, even among good ministers, that we find one who has an earnest, persuasive, powerful way of speaking, that the people can feel him preach when they hear him.

Richard Baxter

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Dairy, Seafood, Meats		Mike01	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		=== FOR THE SAUCE ===
1	T	Olive oil
2		Shallots, peeled sliced
3		Garlic cloves, crushed
2	T	Coriander seeds, toasted
1	T	Cumin seed
1	t	Dry red pepper flakes
1 1/2	c	Dry white wine
3	T	Lime juice
1/4	c	Heavy cream
4	T	Butter -, 1/2 stick very
		cold and
		Cut in pieces
		=== FOR THE FISH ===
2	T	Olive oil
		Salt, to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper
		to taste
2	lb	Tilefish steaks -, cut 1/2"
		to 3/4" thk
2		Fresh beefsteak tomatoes
		peeled seeded
		And diced
1		Finely-chopped garlic clove
2	T	Chopped cilantro
1/4	c	White wine
1		Avocado, peeled pitted
		And diced

INSTRUCTIONS

Begin the sauce before cooking the fish. In a saucepan over medium
heat, place all of the sauce ingredients except the cream and butter.
Simmer until 1/3 cup liquid remains. Begin the fish. In a large saute
pan over medium to high heat, heat the olive oil. Season the fish  with
salt and pepper. Add the fish to the hot oil and saute both  sides for
3 to 4 minutes, or until golden. Remove the cooked fish  steaks when
the center bone pulls out easily with tongs, and keep  warm. Meanwhile,
add the cream to the sauce and reduce over low heat  for 2 minutes.
Swirl in the cold butter off of the heat. Add the  tomatoes to the
still hot fish pan at the same time and saute for 2  minutes before
adding garlic, cilantro, and wine. Cook 1 minute. Add  the avocado.
Serve by placing the fish on the bed of tomato and  avocado. Strain the
butter sauce through a fine mesh strainer.  Drizzle sauce all around.
This recipe yields 4 to 6 servings.  Comments: The original recipe
title as listed is "Floribean Style  Tilefish Pan Fried With Limes,
Chilies, Tomato, And Avocado".  Recipe Source: MICHAELS PLACE with
Michael Lomonaco From the TV FOOD  NETWORK - (Show # ML-1C11 broadcast
04-27-1998) Downloaded from their  Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com
Formatted for MasterCook by Joe Comiskey, aka MR MAD -
jpmd44a@prodigy.com ~or- MAD-SQUAD@prodigy.net  05-04-1998  Recipe by:
Michael Lomonaco  Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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