Recipe: Grilled Tilapia Over Faro With Roasted Tomato, Pepper & Garlic

Samples provided.

We love eating seafood around here – Jai is the expert when it comes to cooking fish. This recipe from Regal Springs Tilapia sounds like something that would be a big hit in our house!

Grilled Tilapia Over Faro With Roasted Tomato, Pepper & Garlic

Recipe courtesy Regal Springs

Ingredients:

4 lake raised tilapia fillets
3 roma tomatoes
8oz. faro dry
1 red bell pepper
3 teaspoons fresh thyme
3 cloves garlic
1oz. dried chanterelle mushrooms
3 table spoons extra virgin olive oil
32oz. seafood stock
1 cup dry red wine
3 tablespoons pine nuts
Sea salt and fresh pepper

Directions:

To make the faro:
· Put seafood stock into medium sized sauce pan. Add the dried mushrooms and and steep on low heat for 45 minutes. You want to basically make a seafood/mushrooms stock. Remove mushrooms and strain stock and dry mushrooms with a paper towel. Set the mushrooms aside while you cook the faro. Return the stock to the sauce pan and add faro. Bring faro to a boil, then reduce the heat, cover and allow to cook for 25 more minutes. While to faro cooks sauté the mushrooms in one table spoon EVOO, salt and pepper. Once faro is cooked add the mushrooms and 1 teaspoon thyme.

To cook the sauce:
· In a 375-degree oven roast the tomatoes, garlic, and bell pepper on a sheet pan for 25 minutes. Drizzle all with EVOO and salt and pepper before cooking. While the vegetables are in the oven place the wine in a sauce pan and reduce by 50% over med-high heat. Remove vegetable from the oven, allow to cool enough to handle, then peel the tomatoes and garlic, seed the pepper and place in food processor or blender. Add reduced wine, pine nuts, 2 tablespoons thyme, salt and pepper. Pulse in blender until sauce is smooth.

To cook the fish:
· Brush lake raised tilapia fillets with EVOO, salt and pepper on each side. Grill over med-high grill. Cook each side for approximately 3 minutes or until you reach your desired doneness.
To the plate:
· On 4 plates place ¼ of the faro in the center of the plate. Then place the grilled tilapia over the faro. Spoon a little sauce on the plate and a little on the fish. Please keep in mind, the sauce and faro can be held warm while the fish cooks. So make sure the fish is the last part of the meal you cook.