Healthy Recipe

Baked Whole Fish with Dates

Recipe By:
Grover
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  • Total Time 60 min Ico-add
  • Yield 6 Servings
  • Level Medium

A large, firm, meaty fish is best-suited for baking whole. Undeniably attractive when presented this dish is elegant and very simple to prepare and quite delicious.
 

Ingredients

  • One 3- to 4-pound grouper, red snapper, carp, or sea bass
  • Salt and black pepper to taste
  • 1 1/2 cups pitted dates
  • 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter
  • 1 large onion, sliced
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
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Directions

  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F
  2. 2. Season the fish with salt and pepper inside and out.
  3. 3. Roughly chop the dates and place in the fish's cavity along with half the butter.
  4. 4. Use some of the remaining butter to grease the bottom of a roasting pan and dot the top of the fish with the rest of it.
  5. 5. Toss together onion, wine, cinnamon, ginger, and a little more salt and pepper and place in the bottom of the roasting pan; put the fish on top of this mixture.
  6. 6. Seal the top with aluminum foil.
  7. 7. Bake the fish for about 30 minutes, undisturbed. Uncover, raise the oven heat to 450 degrees F and continue to roast, basting once or twice with the pan juices, until the fish begins to brown on top, about 15 minutes more.
  8. 8. Serve the fish immediately with the dates, onions, and pan juices.