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Red Snapper a la Santa Barbara recipe
recipe courtesy of "A
Taste of Cuba" by Beatriz LLamas*
[site owner's note: this recipe comes from what is
probably my favorite Cuban cookbook ever:
A Taste of Cuba. The name is a funny coincidence, the
book was published in 2005 and is filled with popular and
rare recipes plus wonderful illustrations of Cuban living.
It is a must-have book for fans of Cuban cooking]
Ingredients:
1/2 cup flour
2 eggs
2/3 cup shredded fresh coconut
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 pound red snapper fillets
oil for deep frying
For the sauce:
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1 ounce butter
2/3 cup white wine
1 1/4 cups coconut milk
1 teaspoon wheat flour
1 pinch annatto powder or 1 tsp annatto oil
For the sauce: Saute the onion in two thirds of the butter
for 3-4 minutes on a low heat without allowing it to
brown. Add the wine and coconut milk and cook until the
liquid is reduced by half. In a separate pan, fry the
teaspoon of flour in the rest of the butter. Add this to
the first mixture to thicken the sauce, add the annatto,
and cook for 5-7 minutes more on a low heat until all
taste of flour is gone. Season with salt and pepper. Puree
the sauce and set aside in a saucepan. The sauce should be
light and not too thick.
Place the flour in a shallow bowl and the beaten eggs in
another. In a third bowl, place the shredded coconut mixed
with the chopped scallion and parsley. Season the fish
fillets with salt, cover each fillet first with the flour,
then the egg, and finally the coconut mixture. Heat the
oil in a skillet on a high heat and deep fry the fish
until golden. Drain the fish on paper towel.
Serve the fish immediately with the very hot sauce handed
separately.
Serves 4
*From A TASTE OF CUBA by Beatriz LLamas, copyright c
Beatriz LLamas,
2005, published by Interlink Publishing, an imprint of
Interlink Publishing Group, Inc.
www.interlinkbooks.com. Reprinted by permission.
You can purchase a copy of the book by visiting their
website,
click here.
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