Recipe: Cinnamon Rum Candy Glazed Fish

[ellyssian]

• Glaze:
  • About 1-2 cups dark brown sugar
  • About 1/2 to 1 cup Captain Morgan's spiced rum
  • A teaspoon of olive oil
  • A teaspoon or two of balsamic vinegar
  • A tablespoon of ground cinnamon
  • Fresh ground cinnamon
• Fish:
  • Five fillets of tilapia (or cod. Or halibut. Or something else.)
  • Fresh ground black pepper
  • Fresh ground cinnamon
  • Ground cinnamon
  • Olive oil
• Two red bell peppers, thinly sliced along the length
• Pine Nut Couscous

Mix glaze ingredients in a small saucepan.

Preheat cast iron skillet to cooking temperature, coating pan with olive oil.

Preheat five plates in oven @ 100-200 degrees (lowest setting).

When oil is ready, lay one fillet in pan. Grind pepper and cinnamon, then sprinkle with ground cinnamon.

Start glaze on medium heat, bringing to a boil.

Start another fillet, repeating dry spice application. Flip and apply spices when fillet is mostly done (opaque white through maybe 80%; the pan-side should be lightly fried.

Using a small whisk, stir glaze continuously.

Start couscous as per directions, set aside when done.

Continue through all fillets, setting each completed fillet in the center of the plate, and back in the oven.

Once the couscous is done, it can be sprinkled with a fork in a circle around the fish.

When all plates are done, or as the last fillet is finishing up, remove the plates one at a time. Arrange four slices of pepper around the edge and lightly swirl glaze onto fish.

Serve immediately.

Notes and addendum: Thicker glaze would work better; the thin glaze soaks into the couscous, and its character there has bitter notes that don't appear on the fish. Maybe just serve couscous - or some other side - separately to avoid the blend.

Comments

[onesexiladee.livejournal.com]

Wow, that sounds fantastic!!

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

The glaze is a variation of my Hair o' the Cow What Bit You marinade.

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

This sounds really good. I think I'm going to need to make a trip to the rum store.