Escolar

Escolar is in a culinary class with Chilean sea bass, sablefish, and other rich, highly prized fish. The meat is oil-rich and flavor-intensive. Raw flesh is a bright white to light-cream color and cooks up snow white. True escolar fillets are whiter than fillets of Ruvettus pretiosus, which turn yellowish when cooked. Though slightly gelatinous, escolar flesh should have some elasticity and spring back when pressed.