Fish With Fresh Herb and Barberry Stuffing

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Fish represents life, truthful food dishes fig prominently astatine meals during Nowruz, the two-week Persian caller twelvemonth solemnisation that begins with spring's vernal equinox.

Tart reddish barberries are sold caller successful Iran and are astir commonly utilized for foodstuff made by thoroughfare vendors. But you'll find lone dried ones successful the States, successful Mediterranean markets. Look for dried berries that are a vivid red; darker berries mightiness beryllium old.

Dried barberries request to beryllium purged of sand; discard their stems and spot the berries successful a colander, past little the colander into a saucepan of chill h2o and fto them soak for 15 minutes. Rinse the berries successful the colander nether acold moving water, past dispersed connected a baking expanse to drain. Pat adust with insubstantial towels earlier using.

Persian cooking teacher Najmieh Batmanglij orders full food from Whole Foods Market. Bitter Seville oranges are disposable during precocious winter/early outpouring astatine immoderate Whole Foods Markets and astatine Mediterranean markets, including Shiraz successful Vienna (703-992-9566).

Serve with saffron-steamed plain rice.

Ingredients

For the fish

2 teaspoons oversea salt
1/2 spoon freshly crushed achromatic pepper
1 spoon crushed turmeric
One 4- oregon 5-pound full striped bass oregon rockfish, scaled, butterflied and tegument scored (may substitute 2 thick, skin-on fillets of bass oregon rockfish, astir 2 pounds total)

For the filling

1/2 cupful rootlike lipid (may substitute melted unsalted food oregon ghee)
4 mean cloves garlic, chopped into bladed slices
Leaves from 1/3 clump flat-leaf parsley, chopped (1/2 cup)
Leaves from 2 stems tarragon, chopped (2 tablespoons)
4 scallions, achromatic and light-green parts, chopped
1 tablespoonful chopped cilantro
1/4 cupful chopped mint leaves (may substitute 2 tablespoons dried mint)
1 cupful finely crushed walnuts
1/2 cupful dried barberries (see headnote)
1/2 cupful aureate oregon acheronian seedless raisins
Freshly squeezed foodstuff from 2 oregon 3 limes (1/4 cup)
1 spoon oversea salt
1/4 spoon freshly crushed achromatic pepper
1/4 spoon crushed saffron threads dissolved successful 2 tablespoons blistery h2o (optional)

2 bitter/seville oranges (see headnote)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
680
Fat
35 g
Saturated Fat
5 g
Carbohydrates
33 g
Sodium
890 mg
Cholesterol
240 mg
Protein
60 g
Fiber
5 g
Sugar
22 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Batmanglij's "Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies, 25th Anniversary Edition" (Mage, 2011).

Tested by Dean Felten and Najmieh Batmanglij.

Published March 1, 2011

Updated March 13, 2026