Leslie Bartosh, CEC, AAC, FMP

Pesce alla Marinara su Orzo Many cultures have dishes that revolve around some kind of seafood being cooked in a tomato sauce.   Sometimes the dishes are stews, sometimes they are a soup, other times the dish is a braise or poach of some sort.   For this dish I wanted to do something different.   I was not in the mood for a soup or stew.   I also wanted to use food I had on hand to avoid a trip to the grocery store. I had Riverence Rainbow Trout on hand.   I have prepared their steel head and rainbow in a variety of ways that we have greatly enjoyed.   Still, I wanted to do something different. In the theme of fish cooked in tomato sauce, I have previously prepared steel head trout in a bouillabaisse style sauce and in a putanesca style sauce.   Thinking about these dishes launched me in the direction of fish in marinara sauce.   From there it was a function of deciding on the accompaniments.     We have used orzo in a variety of fish dishes and like it so it seemed a natura

  The year ending photo was not an easy one for me to pick.   I felt there were many nice dishes/photographs from the last part of this year. I chose this photo of steel head trout on a bed of orzo with a puttanesca style sauce to end the year.   I liked the quality and lighting of the photo.   I recently had a Chef make some constructive criticisms regarding my photos and how they were composed.   This photo is one of the more recent photos to utilize some of the techniques that were suggested.  I think the food looked very nice against the plate. From a food perspective; the fish was nicely seasoned and saut é ed.   It was not overdone and draped nicely on the bed of orzo.   The puttanesca style sauce is nice to look at with the various textures.   The brininess of the sauce was countered by the orzo and fish nicely. Overall, I like the dish and the photo.   I hope you do too.   As always, your comments are welcome. Until next time, Bon Appetit Y’all Leslie Bartosh  

  Whatever Wednesday saw this dish show up.   Riverence steel head trout, saut é ed, on a bed of Orzo with a Puttanesca style sauce. Thank you Diversified Ceramics Corporation for the great bowls to work with.  This is a great dish with robust flavors!  #LifeLongLearning #LifeLongTeaching #FamilyFood