Monday, October 5, 2009

Tile fish with fall vegetable soup


Several years ago Philadelphia was voted America's fattest city by Men's Health magazine. Many local chefs were asked to come up with healthy, yet delicious recipes that could perhaps shake the image of us being a bunch of porkers. Local chef Mark Plescha (he looked eleven in his snap shot by the way), came up with this tasty recipe for tile fish which sits on a bed of fall vegetable soup. I expected ordinary, yet was pleasantly surprised how tasty this dish was.


  • 4 fillets 5 to 6 oz tile fish ( Couldn't file tile, so I use Chilean sea bass, any thick white fish will do)
  • 1 cup of diced carrots
  • 3 cups diced squash
  • 5 medium diced shallots
  • 3 cloves of garlic crushed
  • olive oil
  • Salt and Pepper
  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • 4 cups of chicken stock
  • 1 ts thyme
  • 4 ts butter (amazing that he won even sneaking the butter in).

Season fish with salt and pepper. Pre heat oven to 350. Heat about 2 tablespoons of olive oil in saute pan.Add shallots. carrots, cook till soft. Add squash and garlic, cook another 5 minutes.Pour in wine and bring to a simmer. While stirring add chicken broth and chopped thyme. Cook until reduced about 1/2 and veggies are tender. While veggies are simmering, heat over proof saute pan over high heat. Add about 2 tablespoons of olive oil, when hot, place fish in pan flesh side down. Sear about 2 minutes till lightly brown. Flip over fish, add butter. Place pan in oven about 5 minutes, basting with juices from pan.

Using a slotted spoon drain veggies from broth, placing in 4 bowls. Plop a lightly browned fish fillet on top, drizzle some broth over fish and vegetables, garnish with thyme.

17 comments:

  1. I love this...looks so good and healthy...and I bet you could use halibut and lots of other fish, too. Yum!

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  2. This looks delicious as well as healthy... thanks for a new idea for fish!

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  3. Beautiful! Beautiful! My favorite time of year, and food too...

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  4. It sounds excellent, nutritious and very nice fall flavors!

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  5. Oh, this sounds delicious and healthy! Perfect bowl of fall :)

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  6. This dish is right up my alley. My husband has lost about 15 lbs now and we have about 20 more to go. This will be a must try dish at my house. It's hard to be good when I love to cook.-Tien

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  7. I'm going to make this with halibut. It looks so delicious and healthy too.

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  8. I love the idea of pairing fish with fall veggies...brilliant! I'll definitely be making this soon!

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  9. This looks delicious! I really like the squash in it and the broth sounds real flavorful.

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  10. I do love a good fish soup. Not sure I could get tile here either - but it seems as if most whitefish would do? Very pretty! MN is a pretty chubby state. We need comfort food eight months of the year!

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  11. What a great combination of flavors and I love the colors represented in this dish.

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  12. I want this dish please! It sounds PERFECT with the thick, juicy fish and the warm, hearty root vegetables!

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  13. Mmm this is a really interesting dish. Love all the different flavours you have going on! Very comforting and hearty!

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  14. This meal does look really tasty & healthy!

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  15. Hello darling, so nice of you to visit my cottage and for the sweet words you left behind, much appreciated. My dad is doing much better and now that he is home I am able to return to blogging. I am now going to go stroll around your delicious blog and see what I have been missing...

    Love & Hugs
    Duchess

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  16. Oh my, I love this kind of light and juicy meal! Already salivating... hahaha..

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