Red Snapper With Tomato And Olives - cooking recipe

Ingredients

25 kalamata olives, rinsed, pitted and roughly chopped
2 1/2 teaspoons capers, rinsed
2 1/2 tablespoons red onions, finely diced
8 plum tomatoes, cut into medium dice
10 large basil leaves, roughly chopped
1/2 cup flat-leaf Italian parsley, roughly chopped
1 1/2 cups extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
10 (6 ounce) red snapper fillets
6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (from 2 lemons)
salt and pepper, to taste

Preparation

In large bowl stir together olives, capers, red onion, tomatoes, basil, 3 tbsp parsley and 1 C olive oil. Season with salt, fresh black pepper and red pepper flakes and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
In large fry pan, heat 3T remaining olive oil until hot. Working in batches, season fillets with salt and pepper. Cook on one side until opaque, about 3 minutes, lowering heat if necessary to prevent burning. Turn fillets over and cook 3 minutes more. Transfer to platter and loosely cover with foil to keep warm. Cook remaining batches wiping pan clean between batches and starting with fresh oil for each batch.
Remove fish to a serving platter pour lemon juice into pan and swirl around to combine with pan juices. Drizzle over fish and garnish with tomato-olive mixture.