Baked Bluefish with Onions, Bacon, and Horseradish Sauce
The Frog Commissary Cookbook
Thanks to Jayne
Yield: 4 servings

Horseradish Sauce
1 Tbsp. minced shallots
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 cup heavy cream
2-1/2 Tbsp. drained horseradish
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 Tbsp. butter at room temperature

Fish
1/4 lb. bacon in 1/2-inch dice
2 Tbsp. butter
1 cup roughly chopped onions
4 (5-6 oz.) skinned bluefish fillets
Minced parsley for garnish

For the sauce:
Combine the shallots and wine in a small saucepan and reduce to 2-3 Tbsp. Add the cream, horseradish, salt and pepper and simmer until thickened. (The butter will be added just before serving.)

For the fish:
Preheat the oven to 400o. Fry the baccon until crisp, drain, and set aside. Heat 1/3 of the butter in a sauté pan, add the onions, sauté until translucent, and add to the bacon. Arrange the fish in a shallow buttered baking pan and dot with the rest of the butter. Bake for 12-15 minutes. While the fish is baking, bring the suace to a boil. Stir the softened butter into it off the heat. Gently reheat the onion-bacon mixture. When the fish is done, transfer it to dinner plates, top each with about 2 oz. of the sauce, and sprinkle with the bacon-onion mixture. Dust with minced parsley. Serve at once.
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