Aug 9, 2009

Amy's Stuffed Striped Bass



Fresh striped bass meat is firm textured and not "fishy". A whole fish yields mostly white meat. Fish size is limited only by the size of your oven and bakeware (this one fit nicely in our 36" Viking). Ingredient amounts are very flexible depending on the fish size. Gut the fish and scale thoroughly because the roasted skin is yummy! Remove the head and tail if they don't fit in the bakeware. Cut several places in the side of the fish to prevent curling, rub salt and lots of black pepper into the skin and coat with olive oil. Extra stuffing can be baked in a dish. Leftover striper makes great fish cakes.


For the stuffing:

Butter/bacon fat and or olive oil
Chopped onion and celery
Saltine crackers and semolina bread chunks chopped in a food processor with some dry bread crumbs
Cooked shrimp coarsely chopped
Clam juice (bottled) or chicken stock
Fresh lemon juice
White wine
Whole celery seed
Hot pepper sauce
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Thyme
Chopped parsley
Two eggs well beaten

Saute the onion and celery in a generous amount of fat until soft with a little bit of crunch. Add to the bread cubes and saltines in a large bowl. Add the shrimp. Wet the bread mixture with clam juice, lemon juice and white wine until it all holds together nicely. Season to taste with hot pepper sauce, celery seed and plenty of salt and pepper. Add eggs and blend well. Bake in and along side the fish. Place the fish on a bed of coarse salt to bake so the skin doesn't stick. Make a lot... you'll want more!

Preheat oven to 500 degrees, bake the fish for 10-15 minutes then turn heat down to 400. Roast undisturbed for another 15-20 minutes until the fish looks sizzly and well roasted with an internal temperature of 130 degrees. Don't let it bake long enough to get dry. It's not necessary to turn the fish. Use two big spoons to separate the meat from the bones. Yum!!

11 comments:

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

So when you having everybody over. I'm hungry now.

Anonymous said...

Was this your nephew's striped bass?

Mark Kreider said...

Yes indeed, and very tasty too!

CrazyCris said...

um, what time's dinner? let me just hop on a plane! ;o)

TC said...

It's been years since I had striped bass, the ones I ate (and caught) were freshwater though but I think they taste the same from your description.
I'm hungry too, see what you've done!:-)

Luiz Ramos said...

Tasty and view. Good.

Jeannette StG said...

Wow, this recipe sounds so tasty - enough to convert someone to eating fish!! Now I first have to catch (or hubb or son-in-law) the fish:)

Anonymous said...

The story with the fish is super. A really great Fisch.He was determined so delicious.Wohw;-) Thanks for the story.

Unknown said...

It is great how the stripers have returned in such abundance. 25 years ago, they were becoming quite rare in the area.

Thanks for the recipe.

Viola said...

Wow, what a meal! I'm now following you in the blog. You've got some beautiful photos above this input as well :)

Mommy said...

I, as the mother of this young fisherman, got to witness (and help a little)the production of this fish feast. I have eaten fish all my life (many summers in the Bahamas and Florida Keys). I must say, this was the BEST fish dinner ever! The stuffing was out of this world. The fish was very white and tasted DELICIOUS!