Whole Grilled Snapper with Tomatoes, Pine Nuts, and Brown Butter Sauce

Ingredients

• 2 cups chopped yellow onion
• 1 cup chopped red onion
• 1/2 cup chopped scallion
• 2 tablespoons chopped garlic
• 3 tablespoons chopped thyme leaf
• 3 tablespoons chopped rosemary
• 1 tablespoon black pepper
• 1 cup olive oil
• Salt
• 4 whole snappers
• cleaned
• scaled and de-boned
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 pound oven-dried tomatoes
• 4 teaspoons chopped basil
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup toasted pine nuts
• Salt and pepper

Instructions

1. Mix marinade ingredients in a large bowl.
2. Stuff the snapper cavity with the marinade ingredients.
3. Tie snapper with kitchen string to keep the ingredients inside of fish.
4. Marinate in the refrigerator for 4 hours.
5. Preheat the grill.
6. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
7. For sauce, heat up olive oil in pan.
8. Cook tomatoes for 3 to 4 minutes.
9. Add basil and butter and cook for 3 minutes.
10. Add pine nuts and season with salt and pepper.
11. Place the snapper on an oiled grill and cook until there are grill marks on both sides, about 2 minutes per side.
12. Place on a sheet pan or in a baking dish and roast until the fish is cooked through, about 15 more minutes.
13. Serve snapper with the sauce.