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Stuffed Tilapia
As seen on The Fish Market
WVIT Channel 30
Monday, August 9, 2004
serves 4
Ingredients for the Stuffing:
1 1/2 sticks butter
1/2 cup leeks, white part only
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 lb sea scallops, chopped medium dice
1/2 cup cream sherry
juice of 1 lemon
1 cup clam juice
freshly ground pepper, to taste
10 cups crushed Ritz crackers
6 oz blue crab claw meat
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons dried parsley
For Tilapia Assembly:
8 Tilapia fillets (fillets will range between 3 oz - 4 oz in size)
breadcrumb-cracker mixture made with....
1 cup plain dried bread crumbs
1 cup crushed Ritz crackers
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 stick butter, melted
1 cup water
To Prepare the Stuffing:
- In a heavy bottomed skillet, over high heat, melt the butter.
- Add the leeks and garlic and saute for about 3-5 minutes, bringing the scallop juices just to a boil.
- Add the sherry and flambe (burning off the alcohol.)
- Lower the heat to medium, add the lemon juice, clam juice and a generous amount of freshly ground pepper.
- Stir to combine and cook for 2 minutes.
- Turn heat off and set pan aside.
- The base of your stuffing is now complete.
- In a food processor or blender, coarsely chop the Ritaz crackers.
- Pour the crackers into a large bowl.
- Add the breadcrumbs, crabmeat, Parmesan and parsley.
- Gently add the stuffing base, stirring just to combine.
- Taste and adjust seasoning.
- Allow stuffing to cool before using.
Assemble the Tilapia:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In an 11" x 14" baking pan, place one of the tilapia fillets, skin side down, on one end of the pan.
You will placing all four serving in this pan.
- Spoon about 1 cup of the stuffing on the tilapia fillet, spreading the stuffing a bit to cover the entire piece
of fish and top with an equal-sized fillet.
- Repeat the process with the remaining 6 fillets.
- Once all four portions have been assembled, generously sprinkle with the bread-crumb cracker mixture.
- Drizzle each stuffed Tilapi with about 2 tablespoons melted butter.
- Pour 1 1/2 cups water in the pan and bake in a preheated oven for 12-15 minutes.
- Tilapia will be flaky and fall easily from a fork when cooked.
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