Recipe For Cooking Baked Porgy With Basil

Baked Toaster Oven Dishes :: Baked Fish and Seafood

Baked Porgy with Basil

Serves 4

4 (3/4 lb.) porgies (sC.), whole, scaled,
    finned, gilled and cleaned
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
3 Tbsp. shallots or green onions, minced
3/4 tea. salt
1 C. dry white wine
3 Tbsp. basil (20 leaves) fresh, chopped,
    or 1 1/2 Tbsp. dried basil

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Use a cooking spray or coat the bottom of a baking pan with canola oil.

Spread shallots or green onions in the baking pan. With a sharp knife make several slits along the sides of each porgy. Place fish on the bed of onions and sprinkle with salt and chopped basil. Set aside for approximately 5 min. to mix flavors. Pour wine over the fish and dot the fish with the butter or margarine. Cover with foil and bake for 10 to 15 min. until the fish flesh turns opaque and begins to flake.