In search of (fall) fish dish & sides for dinner party

[loml]

I am throwing a small dinner party in a few weeks with a fall theme. I am thinking of doing either a pumpkin or squash soup to start and ending with an apple crisp. I need a fish dish to serve as the entree and am open to any types of fish. Any suggestions? And side dish suggestions to go with it?

[fayehess]

you could do seared salmon with a red wine reduction ( adding cream, shallot, sprig of thyme) or your classic roasted whole (firm fleshed) fish with shallot, tiny tomato, coriander, fresh thyme and/ or not garlic cloves, drizzled with olive oil and scattered with thinly sliced fennel. and serve with a warm potato, onion confit and green olive salad.
don't forget about roasted chestnuts. They are great served with a pecorino and a young red wine. fayefood.com

[MMRuth]

Hmm - what about a fish wrapped in pancetta or bacon? That would give it a heartier feel.

Here are links to two Lucques dishes:

Salmon with a bacon infused batter - http://www.chowhound.com/topics/397075#2651581

Blue fish wrapped in pancetta - http://www.chowhound.com/topics/39707... - I made this but didn't post on it - you could do some variation on the sides.

If either sound interesting to you, I'll paraphrase the recipe for you.