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Red Snapper à la Niçoise

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Poisson à la Niçoise

Typical Niçois ingredients—including tomatoes, fennel, anchovies and olives—flavor this dish from Auberge des Arts. At the restaurant it's made with red mullet (rouget), which is a local fish. We've substituted red snapper.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 6

Ingredients

4 tablespoons olive oil
4 medium fennel bulbs, chopped (about 8 cups)
6 tomatoes, cut into 3/4-inch-thick wedges, seeded
1/2 cup Niçois olives
12 anchovy fillets, chopped
2 tablespoons drained capers
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
6 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
1/4 cup chicken stock or canned low-salt chicken broth
6 5-ounce red snapper fillets

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 400°F. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add fennel; cook until almost tender, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer fennel to bowl (do not clean skillet).

    Step 2

    Heat 1 tablespoon oil in same skillet over high heat. Add tomatoes and next 6 ingredients; sauté 2 minutes. Mix in stock.

    Step 3

    Spoon half of fennel into 15 x 10 x 2-inch glass baking dish. Top with fish, then remaining fennel. Spoon tomato mixture over. Bake until fish is just opaque in center, about 20 minutes.

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