Sauteed Catfish with Ginger Peach Sauce

-----------------------------GINGER PEACH SAUCE----------------------------- 1 tb Butter

1/2 ts Ginger, ground

16 oz Peaches, sliced; drained

1 c Fruit spread, peach

1 tb Catsup

1 tb Vinegar, white wine

----------------------------------CATFISH---------------------------------- 1/2 c Flour

1 tb Thyme leaves; crumbled

1 ts Salt

1/2 ts Pepper, black

1 1/2 lb Catfish fillets

2 tb Oil

1 tb Butter

1/2 c Pecans, chopped

You may use 1-1/2 c peeled sliced fresh peaches instead of the canned peaches. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat; add ginger and stir 1 minute. If using fresh peaches, add and cook, stirring occasionally, until peaches are fork tender, about 2 minutes. Add canned peaches, if using, and preserves; stir until jam melts. Stir in catsup, vinegar and hot pepper sauce. Transfer mixture to a blender or food processor and whirl until peaches are coarsely chopped. (Sauce can be cooled and refrigerated up to 2 weeks) To serve, warm sauce, stirring, in a sauce pan over medium heat. Makes about 2 cups. In a medium size bowl or pie plate, combine flour, thyme, salt and pepper. Rinse fish and pat dry. Dredge fish in flour mixture; shake off excess and lay fillets in a single layer on a plate. In a 10 to 12 inch frying pan over medium heat, heat oil and butter; add pecans and stir until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer nuts to paper towels to drain. Add fish to pan,

without overlapping (you may need to cook in 2 batches) Cook until fish is crisp and golden on bottom, about 4 minutes; turn fillets over and cook until fish is opaque and tender in center of thickest area, another 4 minutes. Transfer fish briefly to paper towels to drain then arrange on plates. Spoon about 3 Tablespoons warm Ginger Peach Sauce over each serving; sprinkle with pecans. Makes 4 servings. Ginger Peach Sauce is a nice counterpoint to the savory crispness of the fish. Keep some around to try with fried catfish, fried oysters or grilled shrimp. Per serving, including 3 Tablespoons sauce: 433 cal./ 23g prot./ 31g carbo./ 4g sat./ 11g mono./ 9g poly./ .3g om-3/ 66mg chol./ 413 mg sdm. From: Simply Seafood Magazine - Winter 1991 Posted on GEnie by S.MEASE [COOKIE LADY], Feb 19, 1992 MM by Sylvia Steiger, GEnie THE.STEIGERS, CI$ 71511,2253, GT Cookbook echo moderator, net/node 004/005