Teresas Stuffed Flounder Recipes

DECONSTRUCTED STUFFED FLOUNDER WITH LEMON SAUCE

Steps:

• Gather and prep ingredients. Veggies may be prepped and refrigerated the day before.
• Drain crabmeat over a bowl, reserving liquid to use for sauce.
• Lightly butter a medium baking dish; set aside.
• In a medium skillet, melt 4 tablespoons butter over medium/medium-high heat.
• Add celery, onions, shallots, sweet bell pepper, black pepper, old bay seasoning and seasoned salt.
• Sauté for 3 to 4 minutes; add frozen tiny salad shrimp. Continue to sauté until onions are translucent and shrimp are thawed and hot.
• Stir in the minced parsley/celery leaves; sauté for additional 30 seconds.
• Remove from heat; add breadcrumbs and lemon zest, if using; mix well.
• Add drained crabmeat, mixing gently until well combined; set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Pat fish fillets dry with paper towels; place 4 of the filets in prepared dish; very lightly sprinkle with ground black pepper.
• Spoon stuffing onto filets in dish, pressing down lightly as needed (some stuffing will end up in the dish instead of on the fish, but that's okay.)
• Place 4 remaining filets on top of the fillets with stuffing, pressing down lightly.
• Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter in microwave or in small saucepan on stove; using small pastry brush or spoon, coat fillets with melted butter.
• Lightly sprinkle filets with paprika. Bake at 350ºF for 25 to 27 minutes or so (depending on oven,) uncovered. Make sauce when fish is halfway done.
• To make sauce: While fish is in oven, add dry white wine to reserved crab liquid. Reduce volume by about 1/3 to 1/2 by boiling either in a small pan on the stovetop or pouring into a glass measuring cup and microwaving on high power for a couple of minutes. Remove from heat, add 2 tablespoons butter and 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice. Return to heat/microwave for additional 30 seconds, until butter is melted and sauce is hot. Pour over fish.
• Garnish with lemon wedges and a sprinkle of fresh parsley, if desired. Serve immediately. Cover and refrigerate leftovers.
• *Note: Salted butter is usually fine for the stuffing and for brushing onto fish for baking, but the sauce may be a tad too salty if you don't use unsalted butter.

STUFFED FLOUNDER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add the shrimp and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes, or until the shrimp is opaque.
• Remove to a large bowl.
• Add the bread crumbs and cheese and stir to combine.
• Place the flounder on a work surface.
• Evenly divide the shrimp mixture among the fillets, spreading almost to the edge.
• Roll the fillets from a short end to enclose the filling.
• Secure with wooden picks.
• Place the rolls in a 13" x 9" baking dish.
• Pour the wine into the dish.
• Sprinkle with the parsley.
• Bake for 15 minutes, or until the fish flakes easily.

STUFFED FLOUNDER

Steps:

• Heat butter, add flour, and stir, but do not darken flour.
• Add cream slowly and bring to a boil.
• Combine with all other ingredients but flounder in a bowl and refrigerate until chilled.
• Cut flounder lengthwise into 1-inch wide strips.
• Fold flounder strips around a 2 oz nugget of the stuffing and stand them upright.
• Bake in a 350°F oven for 25 minutes.
• Top with Veloure Sauce (See steps below).
• Veloure Sauce: Add liquids, spices and stock to saucepan, boil and remove after 10 minutes.
• Make a light roux by heating 1 TBS butter in a pan, stirring in flour and heating until light brown.
• Add roux to mixture and whisk in remaining butter.

FLOUNDER ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the first seven ingredients; stir in egg. Spread over fillets; roll up and secure with toothpicks. Place seam side down in an ungreased 2-qt. baking dish. Combine the cream and sherry or broth; pour over roll-ups. , Cover and bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork and a thermometer inserted into stuffing reads 160°. Remove roll-ups and keep warm., In a small saucepan, melt butter; stir in flour until smooth. Add cream sauce from the baking dish. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat; stir in cheese until melted. Pour over roll-ups.

STUFFED FLOUNDER

Steps:

• season fish with salt and pepper.
• melt 4 tablespoons butter. make a white sauce by adding flour and stirring til smooth. add milk. cook, stirring constantly until sauce thickens. remove from heat. set aside to cool.
• melt remaining butter. saute onion and celery in butter til limp. add garlic powder and oregano. set aside to cool.
• in a bowl, combine rice, cracker meal, white sauce, onion mixture and beaten egg. mix well. season to taste.
• blend in crabmeat and cooked egg. place skin side of fish down on greased aluminum foil.spread filling over fish. cover with other fillet, shiny side up. rub top skin with beaten egg and melted butter. wrap tightly in foil. bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes.

BAKED STUFFED FLOUNDER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Melt the butter in a medium saute pan over low heat.
• Add the onion and a pinch of salt and saute until translucent.
• Add the garlic and saute for another minute.
• Add the spinach and lemon zest and cook until just heated through.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Add parlsey and stir to combine.
• Remove from heat and keep warm.
• Combine the heavy cream and wine into a saucepan over medium heat.
• Once the mixture begins to simmer, gradually add the cheese a little at a time so you don't get clumps.
• Once all the cheese is melted into the sauce, set aside and keep warm.
• If the fillets are large - cut them in half.
• Season each filet on both sides with salt and pepper.
• Divide the spinach mixture evenly among the fillets and roll the fish around the mixture.
• Place the rice into a 2 1/2 quart casserole dish and spread evenly.
• Place each roll on top of the rice, seam-side down.
• Pour the cheese sauce over entire dish and bake for 25 minutes.
• Allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving.

CRAB STUFFED FLOUNDER

Steps:

• Cut a large pocket in each fish, set aside.
• saute' vegetables in olive oil till soft, then mix with rest of stuffing ingredients.
• divide stuffing into 4 equal parts and stuff pocket of each fish.
• melt butter, pour into baking pan. lay fish, dark side down, so they don't overlap.
• with a pastry brush; brush some of the melted butter on top side of fish.
• Bake @350 degrees F for about 30 minutes covered or until fish is flaky. Uncover last 5 - 8 minutes.