Potato Crusted Flounder With Balsamic Brown Butter Recipes

FLOUNDER BAKED IN BROWN BUTTER

Steps:

• Arrange fish in a single layer ub a greased baking dish.
• Sprinkle with vinegar and salt; dot with butter.
• Bake, basting every 5 minutes with crisp brown butter scraped from the edges of the pan, coating each piece completely.
• Should be finished cooking at about 25-30 minutes.

FLOUNDER WITH NEW POTATOES AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• For each serving, grease a shallow 2-cup baking dish or gratin dish with /2 tsp of the butter or margarine.
• In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, melt the remaining butter or margarine; stir in the bread crumbs and set aside.
• Slice the potatoes and onion as thinly as possible and arrange them in alternating layers in the prepared dishes. Pour the cider or apple juice over the vegetables and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake for 20 minutes.
• Reduce the oven temprature to 350 degrees.
• Spoon the liquid in the baking dishes over the vegetables to baste them, then arrange the fish over the vegetables, folding the tips of any long, thin fillets under if necessary to fit them into the baking dish. Sprinke the buttered crumbs over the fish and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the fish is opaque and firm to the touch and the crumb topping is golden brown.

SAUTEED FLOUNDER WITH SEASONED BROWN BUTTER

Steps:

• Pat fillets dry, season with salt and pepper and dredge in flour and shake off excess flour. In a measuring cup, melt butter in microwave. Heat non-stick skillet over medium high heat. Pour in clear butter and leave milk solids in measuring cup. Place fish in hot butter and cook until golden. Flip fillet and cook other side until golden. Remove golden fish to paper towels to drain. In a small skillet, heat butter over medium high heat until milk solids begin to brown. Stir in lemon juice and parsley. Drizzle browned butter over fillet and serve immediately.

POTATO-CRUSTED FLOUNDER STUFFED WITH FIRE-ROASTED RED PEPPERS AND CHORIZO TOPPED WITH ROASTED TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• To make the tomato sauce: Preheat oven to 475 degrees F.
• Cut the tomatoes into wedges and put in a small bowl. Add the oil and balsamic vinegar, and then season with the salt and pepper.
• Place the tomatoes on a rack, and then place the rack on a sheet pan. Roast for 30 to 45 minutes until the edges brown well and the tomatoes become very soft.
• Put the tomatoes and all juices in a sieve and drain over a small pot. This should remove the skin and seeds and leave you with a thin tomato sauce. Bring the sauce to a simmer and reduce until the sauce is a medium thickness, about 5 minutes. Stir in the butter. Add the salt and pepper, to taste, and keep warm.
• To make the stuffing: In a large saute pan, add the olive oil, then chorizo, and let it cook for about 2 minutes. Add the onion and garlic, and saute on medium heat until the onions are soft, about 2 or 3 minutes. Add the oregano and bay leaf and cook another 2 minutes, until you can smell the herbs cooking. Add the diced bell peppers and sherry and let simmer 1 minute. Turn off heat. Fold in the bread crumbs until all liquid has been absorbed. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and set aside.
• To make the potato crust: Using an Asian turning mandoline or a vegetable peeler, peel long thin strings of potato. Put the potato strings in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper and add the cornstarch. Mix with a spoon until well blended and set aside.
• To stuff and crust the fish: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Lay out the fillets flat on a work surface and season with salt and pepper. Place a golf-ball sized piece of stuffing in the center of 1 fillet. Lay another fillet over the stuffing and press softly to distribute the stuffing. Take a small handful of the stringed potato mixture and lay it over the top fillet, leaving only 1/4-inch uncovered around the edges. Press down lightly. Repeat process with remaining fillets.
• Heat a large nonstick, oven-proof saute pan and melt the butter. Place the flounder in the pan, potato-side down, and fry until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Carefully flip over stuffed flounder and place pan in oven for 9 to 12 minutes, or until fish is cooked through.
• Remove the fish from the oven. Ladle 2 ounces of tomato sauce onto the plate. Lay the stuffed flounder over the sauce and serve with a vegetable, such as sauteed spinach.

POTATO-CRUSTED FLOUNDER WITH BALSAMIC BROWN "BUTTER"

Steps:

• Combine the eggs and chives in a pie plate or wide, shallow soup bowl. Place the potato flakes on a sheet of foil or wax paper, or a plate, and mix with the seasoning salt. Dip the fillets in the egg and dredge in the potato flakes until thoroughly coated set on a rack while you heat the oil in a large, nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the fillets until browned on both sides and cooked through, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a platter. Wipe out the skillet and return to the heat. Add the butter and cook until foamy add the vinegar and capers and boil for a few seconds. Pour over the fish and serve immediately.From Homemade In A Hurry. Text copyright © 2006 by Andrew Schloss. Cover photograph copyright © 2006 by Noel Barnhurst. All rights reserved. First published by Chronicle Books LLC, San Francisco, California.