Fish with Golden Sauce

Name: Fish with Golden Sauce (Poisson Sauce Soleil)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients: four 6-ounce fish steaks or fillets, such as swordfish, halibut, sea bass, or cod; 1 bunch fresh coriander (cilantro), stemmed and chopped; ½ teaspoon saffron threads, crushed and steeped in ¼ cup warm water; olive oil for drizzling, plus 1 tablespoon; salt to taste; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tablespoon ground turmeric; 2 small lemons, peeled and cut into thin rounds; ground cumin for sprinkling; freshly ground black pepper to taste; 1 cup (¼ pound) pitted green olives (optional)

Poisson Sauce Soleil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Saffron Shores

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 2002

About

The turmeric and saffron in this sauce create the illusion of fish bathed in golden sunlight. This dish is often served in Morocco during the Rosh Hashanah holiday. A variation on this recipe adds 2 cups green olives at the end of cooking. Serve with parsleyed new potatoes.

Ingredients

Africa
Morocco
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

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