Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Lemon Spagetti with Lemon/Almond Crusted Tilapia


First of all, please excuse my old school plate. They were Jared's grandma's and we refuse to buy new ones until we get married and can register for them! That being said, here is one of my favorite meals. I got this from Rachel Ray, years ago. Here's what you'll need:
*Tilapia (I usually do 4-6 fillets)
*Spagetti noodles
*Heavy whipping cream
*Dry White Wine
*Capers
*Parsley
*Basil
*Shredded Parmesean Cheese
*Lemons (3)
*Extra Virgin Olive Oil
*Eggs
*Crushed Red Pepper
*Salt and Pepper
*Stick butter
*Sliced almonds
*Minced garlic
To make the Spagetti:
First heat a skillet to low and put almonds in the skillet.
Next boil water for the Spagetti, add spagetti.
After Almonds are warm, remove and set aside.
Do not rinse skillet, add EVOO, approx 2 TBSP minced garlic, 1-1.5 Tsp of Crushed Red pepper, keep on low heat and simmer
In the meantime...
In another skillet add EVOO and 2 tbsp of butter and let melt. Mix together 3 eggs and a dash of heavy whipping cream with salt and pepper to taste in a bowl, and coat fish fillets. Add to Skillet number two, cooking each side 4-5 minutes. Remove from pan, set aside, cover with tinfoil to keep hot.
While the fish is frying:
Add 1/2 c white wine to Skillet number 1. Let simmer for 2 minutes, then add 3/4 c heavy whipping cream. Zest one of the lemons over the mixture. Let simmer, then add 1 C. of the boiling water from the noodles to skillet number one and the juice of one lemon (the one you just zested). Drain noodles. Add parsely and basil to taste to skillet number one. Put noodles back in boil pan and poor skillet number 1 mixture over noodles, stir and keep on low heat. Add in whole bag of shredded parmesean cheese, keep on low heat stiring occasionally.
Back to Fish...
Once fish are removed, do not rinse pain, but add 2 tbsp of butter, cappers (however many you want), zest one lemon, add the juice of the lemon, add 1/2c white wine, and parsely, let simmer.
Time to eat:
Dish up noodles to amount desired
Add Fish to plate beside noodles
Pour spooonfuls of skilllet number 2 on top of fish
Slice lemon number 3 into slices and garnish top of fish
Eat and enjoy! :-)

1 comment:

  1. that sounds good I love me some tilapia!!

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