INGREDIENTS
Sauce:
1 slice crusty Italian bread
1 plum tomato, quartered
3 TBSP. whole blanched almonds
3 cloves garlic, peeled
2 TBSP. chopped pimento, drained
1 TBSP. red wine vinegar
1/4 tsp. paprika
1/8 tsp. salt
Fish Bites:
1 egg white
2 TBSP. flour
1/2 tsp. ground red pepper
1/4 tsp. salt
1/3 cup ground almonds
4 flounder fillets
DIRECTIONS
Sauce:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Lightly grease 2 baking sheets; set aside.
Place bread, tomato, whole almonds and garlic on 1 baking sheet.
Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until almonds are slightly browned.
Transfer ingredients to food processor; use on/off pulsing action just until ingredients are coarsely chopped.
Add pimento, vinegar, paprika and 1/8 tsp. salt.
Process until almost smooth.
Place sauce in small bowl; set aside.
Fish Bites:
Beat egg white lightly in small bowl.
Combine flour, red pepper and 1/4 tsp. salt in shallow bowl.
Place ground almonds in second shallow bowl.
Cut fillets into pieces and coat in flour mixture, shaking off excess.
Dip into egg white; roll in ground almonds until evenly coated.
Arrange fish on second baking sheet.
Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until fish begins to flake when tested.
Serve immediately with sauce.
Serves 4.
