Ingredients
- 1/2 stick unsalted butter
- 1 ruby red grapefruit, zested and juiced
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 whole branzino, 1 1/2 pounds each, gutted and scaled
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Green Olive Couscous, recipe follows
Directions
Arrange an oven rack about 4 inches from the broiler and preheat the broiler.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan, over low heat, with the grapefruit zest and juice and simmer for a couple of minutes. Oil a large baking sheet. Sprinkle the fish all over with salt and pepper, including inside the cavities. Put the fish in a single layer on the baking sheet, then stuff the cavities with some of the couscous. Drizzle the fish with some of the grapefruit butter and broil, without turning, until the skin blisters and the fish is cooked through but still translucent at the bone, 12 to 15 minutes.
Baste the fish a couple of times with the remaining grapefruit butter while broiling. Transfer the fish to a serving platter and serve with the remaining couscous and a drizzle of any remaining grapefruit butter.
Green Olive Couscous:
- Kosher salt
- 1/2 pound green beans, trimmed
- 1 cup cold water
- 1 cup couscous
- 1 tablespoon champagne vinegar
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
- 1 small ruby red grapefruit, zested and juiced
- 1 fennel bulb, sliced paper thin, a few fronds reserved
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
- 1 cup pitted and chopped green olives
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over medium heat, for the beans. Fill a large bowl with ice water and add enough salt until it tastes lightly salty - this is to refresh your beans. When the water comes to a boil add the beans and cook until just tender, about 3 minutes. Drain and then refresh in the salted ice water. Drain and cut into 1-inch pieces. Set aside.
Meanwhile, pour cold water over the couscous in a medium bowl (using cold water reserves the couscous' grainy, nutty texture). Cover and let stand for 15 minutes. Combine the vinegar, oil, grapefruit zest and juice, fennel and fronds in a large serving bowl. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Fold in the couscous along with the pine nuts, green beans and olives. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper and finish with a drizzle of olive oil.
















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By tbell023
San Diego, CA
on March 22, 2012
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Tyler's couscous recipe is a great base to make your own couscous salad. I used whole wheat israeli couscous since my finace doesn't like regualr couscous. My grocery store was out of fennel so I used a variety of chilis (poblano, aneheim, jalapeno which I removed the stems and seeds, used a little evoo, S&P, and roasted under the broiler for just a few minutes. I cooked them just till tender but the skin still attached. Everything else was same as Tyler's recipe. This salad alone was SO good. I was nervous about stuffing the salad in the fish, it was so good I didn't want to ruin it. Thank goodness the fish with the salad stuffed inside came out really really good. I used bass and had to tie the fish up so the salad wouldn't fall out. I'm going to try flipping the fish next time because one side was crispy with nice flaky meat and the other side was not. It was hard to get the meat off because some of it was still slightly raw. I will definitly be making this again.
By Luckybuns
on August 07, 2011
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I will definitely make this again! I plan on using the couscous as a side for other meals, it was that good!
By Phill_B
Oceanside, CA
on May 30, 2011
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I'm a big fan of Tyler's, but I hated this recipe. All I tasted was grapefruit - completely overpowered the dish.
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