Opakapaka (snapper) With Green Grapes

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/3 cup flour
• 2 lbs red snapper, cut into 4 pieces
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup wine
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 4 tablespoons butter, cold, cut into chunks (4 to 6)
• 1/4 cup green grape, halved lengthwise
• 2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, chopped

Recipe

• 1 lightly flour fish on both sides.
• 2 in a sauté pan over medium heat, add 3 tablespoons butter and 1 tablespoon olive oil.
• 3 when butter foams, add fish to pan.
• 4 sauté 3 to 4 minutes on one side and turn; continue cooking 3 to 4 minutes until done.
• 5 remove fish from pan; pour out excess butter.
• 6 deglaze pan with wine and lemon juice; reduce liquid by half.
• 7 add 3 tablespoons chunked butter; swirl into sauce.
• 8 add more cold butter as needed until saucy.
• 9 add grapes, then parsley, and pour the sauce over the fish.
• 10 variations:.
• 11 you can vary the sauce by substituting almonds for the grapes. simply toast 1/4 cup slivered almonds or chopped macadamia nuts in a 350* oven for about 10 minutes. add the nuts to the sauce before serving.