Peter Hoffman’s Striped Bass and Taylor Bay Scallops

Ingredients:

• 3-4 oz striped bass per person
• 3 Taylor Bay scallops or little neck clams per person
• ¾ cup of savoy cabbage cut in 1” strips
• ¼ cup Jerusalem artichokes cut in ½” cubes or fingerling potatoes
• 2 oz vegetable or fish stock
• 1 tablespoon white wine

Gremolata butter

• ¼ cup butter softened
• 1 small clove garlic
• 2 tablespoons roughly chopped parsley
• 2 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon orange zest

Directions:

Combine all ingredients and add salt to taste. Hold until ready for final preparation. Briefly sauté the cabbage and the artichoke pieces in a pan with some olive oil. Add the stock and the wine and cover. Simmer for 8 minutes.

Meanwhile heat a sauté pan. Add some olive oil and sear the pieces of bass skin side down first. When they are golden brown, turn them over and place in the oven for 5 minutes to complete the cooking. Add the scallops to the vegetable pot and cover again. Cook 2 minutes or until the scallops open up. Remove the scallops and add a pat of the butter and swirl into the broth. Place the vegetables in a bowl. Set the fish on top. Sprinkle with a little more of the herb and zest mix and serve.