Palm Beach Pompano

Name: Palm Beach Pompano
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature; 3 tablespoons dried bread crumbs; Chopped fresh mint leaves, for garnish; 8 ounces fresh lump crabmeat, cartilage removed; 1 large orange, peeled, segmented, seeds removed; 1 sweet grapefruit, peeled, segmented, seeds removed; ¼ cup fresh orange juice; 4 pompano fillets (about 6 ounces each); Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Preparation info

4
portions

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The New Basics Cookbook

By Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso

Published 1989

About

Pompano, one of the favorites of all seafood lovers, is accented here with sweet juicy crabmeat and brought to perfection with fresh citrus. All is cooled with fresh mint. Lovely.

Ingredients

4 pompano fillets (about 6 ounces each)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
8

Main course

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter a baking dish.
Arrange the fillets in one layer in the baking dish. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.
Divide the crabmeat among the four fillets, arranging it on top of the fish. Then arrange a row of al