Monkfish will not be the prettiest sea creature round, however its taste — typically in comparison with lobster meat — tells a unique story. This seabed-trawling anglerfish has a meatier taste than different white fish, however it manages to be low in fats and filled with useful minerals, proteins, and nutritional vitamins. Very like pan frying in your cooktop, forged iron cooking is a good different methodology for reaching a young, juicy fillet of monkfish. Forged iron pans are nice regulators and maintain onto warmth for a very long time. The hot button is getting an excellent preheat (quarter-hour in your Ooni pizza oven will suffice) earlier than including the oil and fish. As soon as within the pan, the fillets are cooked outdoors the oven, utilizing residual warmth to sear and cook dinner the fillet via. Return the pan to the oven for a ultimate lick of flames, then take away the pan and let the fillets relaxation earlier than serving.
Ooni ambassador Alberto Zanrosso, half of Spanish catering duo @bearonbike, created this mouthwatering recipe for household and associates as a part of a Mediterranean-inspired feast. To indicate off the flexibility of his Ooni oven, Alberto cooked a complete vary of dishes, from Padrón peppers to cheese fondue to seafood, together with prawns and monkfish. After sourcing native, freshly caught fish from Barcelona’s colourful meals markets, Alberto created this monkfish dish on his sun-drenched metropolitan rooftop. Regardless of your setup at residence, in case you have a thoughts to throw a cocktail party your self, this straightforward monkfish dish is one to attempt: fast, straightforward to arrange, and filled with taste.
Yield
Serves 2 as a principal
Time
quarter-hour lively time, half-hour whole time
Gear
Ooni Pizza Oven
Ooni Infrared Thermometer
Ooni Cast Iron Skillet/ Sizzler Pan/ Dual-Sided Grizzler Plate
Ooni Pizza Oven Gloves
Elements
2 giant monkfish fillets (roughly 21 ounces or 600 grams)
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
Flaked sea salt
1 lemon, halved
Freshly floor black pepper
Recent parsley or coriander, to garnish
Technique
Place the monkfish in a bowl with the olive oil and a pinch of salt. Squeeze half a lemon excessive and canopy the bowl. Set contained in the fridge to infuse for an hour.
Hearth up your Ooni pizza oven, aiming to succeed in 950°F (500°C) on the stone baking board.
Place the forged iron pan within the oven and preheat for quarter-hour.
Take away the pan from the oven and add the fillets. Utilizing tongs and gloves (the recent oil might spit), fastidiously push the fillets down till they calm down. Use the residual warmth from the pan to proceed cooking the fish outdoors the oven, persevering with so as to add strain with tongs as essential (roughly 3 minutes).
After 3 minutes, the underside of the fish will probably be a pleasant golden brown. Discard any extra liquid launched by the fish, flip the fillets and return the pan to the oven to cook dinner for an additional 3 to five minutes (relying on the dimensions of the fillets) till cooked via.
The fish ought to be tender and juicy. To verify, insert a pointy knife into the center of the fillet (the fillet ought to really feel springy). If the knife is scorching to the contact, the fish is cooked via.
Relaxation the fish for five minutes earlier than serving. Serve with a squeeze of lemon, recent parsley, and freshly floor black pepper and serve.
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