Recipe - Baked Opakapaka (Snapper) Fillets With Macadamia Crust

2 One half pound Snapper fillets
6 tablespoon Butter; melted
One half teaspoon Pepper; (I use freshly
ground and probably more
than One half teaspoon)
1 tablespoon Lemon juice; ( I use One half of
a fresh lime)
Three fourths cup Ground macadamia nuts; (or
almonds)
1 tablespoon Minced parsley

My favorite cookbook is "Fish Dishes of the Pacific from the Fishwife" by
Shirley Rizzuto. Most of the recipes are the type that anyone can cook, but
there are also recipes from famous chefs and famous seafood restaurants
like Chef Chock Hoo Loui and the John Dominis Restaurant.

In Hawaii we call pink snapper, Opakapaka. Here's my favorite recipe from
my favorite cookbook,

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Oil a baking pan with 1 tablespoon of the
butter. Place the fish in the pan, and sprinkle with pepper and lemon
juice. In a small skillet heat the rest of the butter. Add the ground nuts.
Stir and cook for 12 minutes making sure the mixture doesn't burn. Spread
the mixture over the fish. Bake for 1015 minutes or until done. Sprinkle
with parsley and serve.

Changes I make: I like to add a clove of garlic, minced and about One fourth cup
of any light white wine. I only bake this fish for 810 minutes.

Posted to MMRecipes Digest by rkanahele@juno.com (Ronald KL Kanahele) on
Sep 29, 1998, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.