Grilled Red Snapper With Roasted Eggplant And Peppers

Serves: 5

Rowena Kautzer

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

54

Spice

60

Sweetness

48

Sourness

39

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.7

Difficulty

Ingredients:

8 sprigs

Rosemary (fresh)

1

Salt

Directions:

1

Prepare an outdoor barbecue grill with good charcoal briquets or wood chips stacked against one side of the grill and let them burn until ash white

2

Brush the grill lightly with olive oil, then brush the eggplant and peppers lightly with the oil

3

Place them skin-side down on the opposite side of the grill -- not over direct heat

4

Roast 4 to 5 minutes on each side, until well grilled and cooked

5

Remove to a warm platter and reserve while grilling the fish

6

Brush the outside of each fish with olive oil

7

Fill the cavity of each fish with 2 sprigs of rosemary

8

Rub the garlic on the outside of the fish

9

Season with salt and pepper, and grill the fish in the same indirect manner 8 to 10 minutes on each side

10

Meanwhile, remove the leaves from the remaining 4 sprigs of rosemary

11

Discard the stems, coarsely chop the leaves and reserve

12

Remove the fish to second platter and cool 5 or 6 minutes

13

Because the fish has already been cooked, it can be filleted easily by running a sharp knife along the dorsal fin and lifting the fillet away from the bones using two forks to tease it free gently

14

Place the first fillet on a serving plate, turn over the fish, and repeat the filleting process for the second side

15

Serve 1 fish fillet to each person, accompanied with the grilled vegetables

16

Drizzle each serving with some of the remaining olive oil and sprinkle with the chopped rosemary

17

*If you substitute fillets for whole fish, keep in mind that they can be tricky to grill and that they cook in half the time