Name: Pompano with Roasted Pumpkin, Vanilla Bean, and Grilled Lemon
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 small pie pumpkin or butternut squash, seeded, cut into 2½-inch chunks ½ inch thick, skin cut off; 2 lemons, cut into ¼-inch slices, seeded; 1 recipe Orange Hollandaise; 18 sprigs parsley or chervil; 1 tablespoon freshly grated orange zest; salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 6 fillets fresh pompano, 6 ounces each, skin on; ½ vanilla bean, split

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

America's Best Chefs Cook with Jeremiah Tower

By Jeremiah Tower

Published 2003

About

At Frank’s Highlands Bar & Grill, they sometimes use butternut squash instead of pumpkin, or a combination of both, in this dish. At the restaurant, they serve this with their Orange Hollandaise, but it’s good even with just a drizzle of orange juice and extra virgin olive oil.