Flounder With Mushrooms And Tomatoes Recipes

FLOUNDER MEDITERRANEAN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Bring a saucepan of water to a boil. Plunge tomatoes into the boiling water and immediately remove to a medium bowl of ice water; drain. Remove and discard skins from tomatoes. Chop tomatoes and set aside.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; saute onion until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, garlic and Italian seasoning; cook until tomatoes are tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Mix in olives, wine, capers, lemon juice, and 1/2 the basil. Reduce heat, blend in Parmesan cheese, and cook until the mixture is reduced to a thick sauce, about 15 minutes.
• Place flounder in a shallow baking dish. Pour sauce over the fillets and top with remaining basil leaves.
• Bake 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until fish is easily flaked with a fork.

BAKED FLOUNDER WITH ROASTED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Place tomatoes on a rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon oil, 1/4 teaspoon tarragon, sugar, salt, and pepper; toss to coat. Arrange tomatoes cut side up. Roast on lower rack until tender, 20 to 25 minutes. (Keep oven on for fish.)
• Meanwhile, make sauce: In a small bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, remaining 1/2 teaspoon tarragon, and lemon juice; season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil and brush with oil. In a food processor, place bread, a pinch each salt and pepper, and remaining tablespoon oil; pulse until fine crumbs form.
• Lay fillets flat on prepared baking sheet; season with salt and pepper. Spread top sides with mustard; sprinkle with bread crumbs, pressing to adhere. Bake on upper rack until fish is cooked through and crumbs are browned, 6 to 8 minutes. Serve with tomatoes and sauce.

SPINACH-STUFFED FLOUNDER WITH MUSHROOMS AND FETA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Spray an unheated medium skillet with no-stick spray. Heat the skillet over medium heat. Add the mushrooms and cook about 5 minutes or until the liquid released from the mushrooms has evaporated, stirring occasionally.
• Add the spinach to the skillet. Cook and stir about 2 minutes or until spinach is wilted. Remove from the heat and drain excess moisture. Sprinkle the feta cheese over the vegetables, then stir it in.
• To assemble the fish rolls, place one-quarter of the spinach mixture onto the wide end of each filet. Carefully roll the filet around the spinach mixture. Use wooden toothpicks to hold the end of each roll in place.
• Spray an 8x8 inch baking dish with non-stick spray. Place the fish rolls, seam side down, in the baking dish. Add 2 tablespoons of water. Loosely cover with foil.
• Bake in a preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork and is opaque all the way through.

FLOUNDER FILLETS WITH MUSHROOMS AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Heat butter and olive oil in a skillet. Add mushrooms, and cook briefly over medium-high heat, shaking the pan until mushrooms are lightly browned. Add garlic; do not brown. Add tomatoes, lemon juice, thyme and salt and pepper to taste. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and keep warm.
• Spread sesame seeds on a large platter. Season fillets with salt and pepper. Lay them over the sesame seeds on one side, then on the other to coat them lightly.
• Heat corn oil in a large nonstick skillet, and place fillets in it without crowding. Cook over high heat until fillets and seeds are lightly browned on both sides. Time will vary depending on thickness of fillets.
• Spoon sauce onto warmed serving plates. Place fish fillets over sauce, sprinkle with parsley and serve.

CHEESY MUSHROOM BAKED FLOUNDER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Lightly spray or grease a 13" x 9" baking pan.
• Place flounder filets in prepared pan.
• Sprinkle filets with thyme and chopped green onion. Scatter sliced mushrooms over top.
• Evenly sprinkle shredded cheese over top.
• In a small bowl, mix together melted butter, breadcrumbs, parsley and paprika. Sprinkle over top of cheese layer.
• Cover and bake for about 30 minutes.
• Uncover and broil for about 2-3 minutes to lightly brown the top.

FLOUNDER WITH MUSHROOMS AND WINE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees.
• If fish fillets are large, cut into 4 serving pieces. Arrange in ungreased square baking dish, 8 x 8 x 2 inches. Sprinkle with paprika, salt and pepper.
• Melt butter in 10-inch skillet over medium heat. Cook mushrooms and leeks in butter, stirring occasionally, until leeks are tender. Stir in wine. Pour mushroom mixture over fish. Sprinkle with almonds and cheese.
• Bake uncovered 15 to 20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork.

TOMATO AND BASIL FLOUNDER

Steps:

• Coat a large saute pan with oil.
• Saute, over medium heat, onion and garlic until onions are translucent. Add peppers. Cook approx. 2 minutes. Then add tomatoes and 1/4 cup water. Season with salt and black pepper to taste. Add oregano and basil. Cook for approximately 10 minutes, contents should be juicy. Add asparagus. Cook another 5 minutes.
• Rinse fish in cold water. Season with a pinch of salt, black pepper, oregano, and garlic powder. Separate ingredients in saute pan. Push all solid ingredients to one side. Gently lay fish in hot liquid, try not to let fillets overlap. Cover. Cook 5 to 10 minutes depending on thickness of fillets.
• When fillets become a milky white, they are done. Garnish with parsley.

BAKED FLOUNDER WITH PEPPERS AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place the fillets in an oven proof baking dish.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Set aside.
• Char the bell peppers using either a gas range burner or the broiler.
• Quickly place in a paper bag to steam.
• Remove when cool enough to handle.
• Remove the skin and seeds and chop.
• Coat a nonstick skillet with cooking spray.
• Sauté the onion and garlic until onions are wilted.
• Add the peppers and tomatoes and cook stirring over high heat for 3 minutes.
• Stir in the tarragon and vinegar.
• Spoon the vegetables over the fish fillets and bake for 15 to 18 minutes until the fish is just opaque.
• Serve immediately.

STUFFED FLOUNDER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Spray an unheated medium skillet with no-stick spray. Heat the skillet over medium heat. Add the mushrooms and cook about 5 minutes or until the liquid released from the mushrooms has evaporated, stirring occasionally.
• Add the spinach to the skillet. Cook and stir about 2 minutes or until spinach is wilted. Remove from the heat and drain excess moisture. Sprinkle the feta cheese over the vegetables, then stir it inches.
• To assemble the fish rolls, place one-quarter of the spinach mixture onto the wide end of each filet. Carefully roll the filet around the spinach mixture. Use wooden toothpicks to hold the end of each roll in place.
• Spray an 8x8 inch baking dish with non-stick spray. Place the fish rolls, seam side down, in the baking dish. Add 2 tablespoons of water. Loosely cover with foil.
• Bake in a preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork and is opaque all the way through.

FLOUNDER FILLETS WITH TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to low, or 150 degrees. Mix the flour, salt and pepper and dip the fillets in the mixture to coat both sides. Shake off the excess. Heat a large skillet very hot, add the clarified butter and when it is very hot fry the fillets quickly, turning them once, until they are golden brown on both sides (about 2 minutes or less, all told). Remove the fillets to dinner plates and keep warm in the oven.
• Pour off any remaining clarified butter or oil from the skillet, add 2 tablespoons unsalted regular butter and (still over high heat) add the shallots and saute 30 seconds. Add the wine and fish stock and boil hard until it is almost gone. Add the thyme and chopped tomatoes and boil briefly until slightly reduced. Season with salt and pepper, remove the skillet from the heat and whisk in the additional regular butter bit by bit, incorporating each piece almost completely before adding the next. Warm the sauce again if necessary, but do not let it boil.
• Spoon a small amount of the sauce over the fish fillets in the oven, return the skillet to the heat, add the chopped pasta and toss with the rest of the sauce until heated through. Spoon the pasta onto the dinner plates and serve with a tossed salad.

BAKED FLOUNDER WITH TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Coat a 7" x 11" baking dish with cooking spray.
• Place tomatoes in bottom of prepared dish.
• Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt and the pepper.
• Place flounder evenly over top.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, oregano, oil, and bread crumbs.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.

FLOUNDER SAUTE WITH MUSHROOMS AND WILTED SPINACH

Steps:

• Place the flour on a plate and season with salt and pepper. Lightly dust the flounder on both sides with the seasoned flour. Heat 2 teaspoons of the olive oil in a large, heavy nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Place the flounder in the pan and saute on one side for about 90 seconds. Turn the fish over. Squeeze the lemon juice on the fish and sprinkle the scallions evenly over the fillets. Cook for 30 seconds and divide among 4 warm plates.
• Place the remaining teaspoon of olive oil in the skillet. Add the mushrooms and season them lightly with salt and pepper. Saute until soft, shaking the pan constantly, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add the wine, increase the heat to high and continue to cook for about 1 minute, until the smell of alcohol disappears. Remove the pan from the heat, add the spinach and toss quickly until it barely wilts. Taste and season again with salt and pepper. Divide the spinach over each flounder fillet and serve immediately.

FLOUNDER WITH MUSHROOM AND ONION STUFFING

Steps:

• In a nonstick skillet, saute the mushrooms, onions, garlic, salt, thyme and pepper in 2 teaspoons oil until vegetables are tender. Stir in bread crumbs. Remove from the heat., Sprinkle fillets with lemon juice; spread evenly with vegetable mixture and roll up. Place seam side down in an 11x7-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Brush with remaining oil. Bake at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Sprinkle with parsley.