Roasted Sea Bass With Caper Sauce

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/3 lbs sea bass fillets, with skin
• salt
• fresh ground white pepper
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 2 tablespoons drained capers
• 4 anchovy fillets
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

Recipe

• 1 check the sea bass fillet for any errant bones and scales, and divide into 4 equal portions.
• 2 season the fillets generously with salt and pepper and lightly dredge in the flour.
• 3 heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large frying pan (preferably nonstick) over medium heat and sauté the sea bass for about 5 minutes on each side.
• 4 while the sea bass is cooking, grind the parsley, capers, anchovies, and garlic in a mortar with a pestle or in a food processor. finally, when it is fairly well mixed together, add the mustard, lemon juice, and the remaining virgin olive oil.
• 5 season with pepper and check for salt.
• 6 to serve, spoon some of the sauce each of the warmed plates and carefully set the sea bass on top.