Grilled red snapper Rougay sauce

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Grilled Red Snapper with "rougaille" or "rougay" (the creole word) sauce

The Red Snapper is the most reputed and delicious of the Seychelles fish. You can taste it at the “CAFÉ DES ILES” restaurant in Paris.
The recipe below can also be prepared from white fleshed fish which is easily available at your fish monger's.

Photos © Patrick Hamon.

Ingredients :

Per person

  •  One large chunk of fresh fish per person
  • Sunflower cooking oil
  • half a glass of white wine
  • one big finely chopped onion
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • fresh ginger finely grated
  • coriander and parsley
    tomatoes
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 red chili

ROUGAILLE Sauce

Onions and crushed cloves of garlic plus grated ginger, fresh herbs (parsley, coriander) stir in the frying pan, allow to color...

Pour the puree of fresh tomatoes over the mixture.

Add one glass of water or white wine.

There should be enough sauce to cover the fish.

Simmer gently for about 5 minutes. Season with salt, pepper and chili, to taste.

Grill the Red Snapper

Heat oil in a frying pan.
Season the fish filet (salt, pepper plus a little of grated ginger).

Cook fish for about 3 minutes.

Verify the cooking with the tip of a knife.

Garnish the sauce with freshly chopped herbs before serving.

Serve along with the Rougaille sauce, creole rice, vegetable achards and chatinis.

The grilled Red Snapper recipe with Rougaille sauce has been prepared by the Seychelles' chef of the restaurant “Café des Iles” in Paris ( Photos © Patrick Hamon).

CAFE DES ILES - Paris

111 rue Monge
75005 Paris - France
Tel 01 47 07 55 55
Fax 01 47 07 41 88
Contact: Pierre Frichot

Seychelles Restaurant open 7 days a week from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m.

A casual meal at affordable price in a wooden creole hut atmosphere where chef Renald will serve you his special delicacies.

The only Seychellois restaurant in Paris serving fresh fish flown in from the Seychelles Islands Exotic decor with white sand and tropical paintings...

Take away boutique.

CAFE DES ILES - Paris

111 rue Monge
75005 Paris - France
Tel 01 47 07 55 55
Fax 01 47 07 41 88
Contact: Pierre Frichot

Seychelles Restaurant open 7 days a week from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m.