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Cuban-Hawaaiin Cooking

Red Snapper a la Santa Barbara

recipe courtesy of "A Taste of Cuba" by Beatriz LLamas*

[site owner's note: this recipe comes from what is probably my favorite Cuban cookbook ever: A Taste of Cuba. The name is a funny coincidence, the book was published in 2005 and is filled with popular and rare recipes plus wonderful illustrations of Cuban living. It is a must-have book for fans of Cuban cooking]

1/2 cup flour

2 eggs

2/3 cup shredded fresh coconut

1 tablespoon chopped parsley

1 pound red snapper fillets

oil for deep frying

For the sauce:

1/2 cup finely chopped onion

1 ounce butter

2/3 cup white wine

1 1/4 cups coconut milk

1 teaspoon wheat flour

1 pinch annatto powder or 1 tsp annatto oil

For the sauce: Saute the onion in two thirds of the butter for 3-4 minutes on a low heat without allowing it to brown. Add the wine and coconut milk and cook until the liquid is reduced by half. In a separate pan, fry the teaspoon of flour in the rest of the butter. Add this to the first mixture to thicken the sauce, add the annatto, and cook for 5-7 minutes more on a low heat until all taste of flour is gone. Season with salt and pepper. Puree the sauce and set aside in a saucepan. The sauce should be light and not too thick.

Place the flour in a shallow bowl and the beaten eggs in another. In a third bowl, place the shredded coconut mixed with the chopped scallion and parsley. Season the fish fillets with salt, cover each fillet first with the flour, then the egg, and finally the coconut mixture. Heat the oil in a skillet on a high heat and deep fry the fish until golden. Drain the fish on paper towel.

Serve the fish immediately with the very hot sauce handed separately.

Serves 4

*From A TASTE OF CUBA by Beatriz LLamas, copyright c Beatriz LLamas,
2005, published by Interlink Publishing, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc. www.interlinkbooks.com. Reprinted by permission.

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