Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Stuffed Roasted Yellowtail Snapper (Firinda Mercan Baligi/Levrek Dolmasi)

 ½-2 lbs whole yellowtail snapper (cleaned, head and tail intact)
2-3 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
½-1 cup spinach, cleaned and chopped
2-3 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tsp salt
½ tsp freshly ground black pepper  
2 Tbsp onion, julienne cut
1-2 rosemary sprigs or ½ tsp dried rosemary
 
Preheat oven to 400F (200C) and score skin of each fish with 3-4 diagonal cuts. Rub inside and outside flesh of each fish with olive oil and drizzle each fish with lemon juice. Sprinkle flesh evenly with salt and black pepper. Place fish on a greased baking sheet. Meanwhile mix the rest of the ingredients in a bowl (onion, spinach and rosemary sprigs) and place them inside each fish.
Roast for 30 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. You may broil it for a couple of minutes for a brownish top as well.
ENJOY
 
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TURKCE
~1 kg butun mercan baligi/levrek (kafasi ve kuyrugu ile temizlenmis)
2-3 yemek kasigi sizma zeytinyagi
1/2-1 su bardagi ispanak, temizlenmis ve dogranmis
2-3 yemek kasigi taze limon suyu
1 tatli kasigi tuz
1 cay kasigi taze ogutulmus karabiber
2 yemek kasigi sogan, julyen dogranmis
1-2 dal biberiye/1 cay kasigi kuru biberiye
 
Firini onceden 200C (400F)’ye isitin. Temizlenmis baliklarin dis kismina enine 3-4 tane derince kesik atin. Her baligin hem icini hem disini zeytinyagi ile ovun ve limon suyu serpin. Yine her yerine tuz ve karabiber serpin. Hazirlanan baliklari yaglanmis pisirme kagidi uzerine alin. Bu sirada bir kasede geri kalan malzemeleri; ispanak, sogan ve biberiyeyi karistirin. Her baligin icini bu malzeme ile doldurun.
Firinda yaklasik 30 dakika ya da baliklar catal ile kolayca ayrilana dek pisirin. Istege bagli olarak bir kac dakika ustten kizartma da yapabilirsiniz.
AFIYET OLSUN
 
 

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