It may not be exotic to many, but to me this was new. My friend Tali and I found some fresh sea bass at the Market today.  I decided to potato encrust it, and serve it with a roasted red pepper sauce, sauteed chard and mixed grain rice.  It was fabulous!!

I roasted the red pepper by placing it on the gas burner and rotating it, like I'd seen on food shows over the years.  It got nice and chard, then I placed it into a plastic baggie so the skin was easy to remove.  After removing the skin, I added it into a food processor with a clove of garlic, juice from about a lemon and a half, and some fresh basil.  I processed it until smooth and then as it was still processing, drizzled in some olive oil.

For the sea bass, I sliced a potato very very thinly.  My knife skills are questionable, but I did okay...and no cut fingers!!  I drizzled a little olive oil, salt and pepper over the filets and then layered the potato slices onto the bass, so they looked a little like scales. 

Heated a pan, added some more olive oil and placed the fish, potato-side down, into the pan.  Cooked it about 5 minutes, then turned it over...cooked another 3 minutes or so.  It was perfect!