The long awaited recipe arrived via email recently. This is the one I raved about in my trip to Charleston last month. 82 Queen restaurant has a new dish featuring grits and grouper and it is outstanding. Management was kind enough to share it with our Carolina Conversations family.
So here it is. Please note this recipe is for twelve servings. So, throw a dinner party and make a lot of folks happy. Let us know what you think of it.
Coming up later this week an autumnal recipe that will knock your socks off.
82 Queen Recipes
Grilled Pesto Encrusted Grouper over Creamy Grits and Fried Green Tomatoes topped with a Sun-Dried Tomato Butter
(Grits)
½ lb. butter
1 qt. heavy cream
1 qt. water
Salt and pepper to taste
Bring water, cream, and butter to a simmer. Add two cups of grits, salt, and pepper and simmer very slowly for about 20 minutes. Yield: 12 servings
(Pesto)
½ bunch basil
1 cup spinach
1 cup parmesan cheese
2 cups olive oil
Salt and Pepper to taste
(Sun-Dried Tomato Butter)
1 lb. butter
½ cup sun-dried tomatoes
½ cup sugar
Salt and Pepper to taste
Grilled Pesto Encrusted Grouper over Creamy Grits and Fried Green Tomatoes topped
with Sun-Dried Tomato butter
(Fried Green Tomatoes)
2 large green tomatoes
1 cup all purpose flour
2 cups corn meal
1 tsp. chopped parsley
1 tsp. salt
½ tsp. white pepper
3 eggs
1 cup milk
1qt. peanut oil or canola oil
Prepare a breading station using three bowls: one for flour, one for egg wash (mix milk
and eggs), and one for breading mixture (salt, pepper and corn meal). Slice tomatoes ¼- inch thick. Place tomatoes in flour, then egg wash, then breading mixture. Let breaded tomato slices rest 10 minutes on waxed paper. Fry in 350 degree oil until golden brown.
Grouper
Just grill the grouper and top it with pesto and sun-dried tomato butter. Then serve over fried green tomatoes. We used three tomatoes for dinner and two for lunch, then again over the grits.
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