Broiled Flounder With Butter And White Wine Recipes

FLOUNDER WITH WHITE WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat grill to medium-high heat. Cut 4 pieces of aluminum foil twice the size of each fillet. Place each fillet on a piece of foil. Sprinkle fish evenly with salt and pepper. Top each with 1 tablespoon wine, 1 tablespoon butter, 2 teaspoons lemon juice, 1 teaspoon capers, and 1 teaspoon parsley. Wrap fish in foil Grill for 6 to minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.

BROILED FLOUNDER WITH BUTTER AND WHITE WINE

Steps:

• Place fillets in a Pryrex or other ovenproof baking dish.
• Mix the butter and wine and spoon over the fish.
• Sprinkle the fish with paprika and breadcrumbs.
• Broil for about 10 minutes or until fish is done. Check on it periodically. Crumbs should start to brown a little. (you can also bake it at 350 for about 25 minutes or until done.
• Serve with lemon wedges if you like.

EASY, EXCELLENT BAKED FLOUNDER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and coat with cooking spray.
• Rinse flounder fillets, pat dry, and place on the baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper. Whisk butter and wine together in a bowl; pour over flounder. Sprinkle each fillet with bread crumbs and then paprika.
• Bake in the preheated oven until flounder flakes easily with a fork, 25 to 30 minutes.

FLOUNDER WITH HERB BLOSSOM BUTTER

Steps:

• Make the herb blossom butter: Put butter in a bowl. Add chives, chive blossoms, dill, thyme blossoms, mustard blossoms if using, Dijon mustard, whole-grain mustard, lemon zest and lemon juice. Add a big pinch of salt and black pepper. Mix well with a fork until well combined. With wet hands, form butter into a log shape, then wrap and chill. Bring to cool room temperature to serve.
• Prepare the fish: Put flour in a low bowl or pie plate and season with salt, pepper and cayenne.
• Season fish on both sides with salt and pepper. Dip each fillet in seasoned flour on both sides, shaking off excess, and transfer to a large plate.
• Put 2 large skillets over medium-high heat and film bottoms with oil. When oil is hot, carefully place 2 fillets in each pan. (Alternatively, work in batches with 1 pan.)
• Reduce heat to medium and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until fish is nicely browned on one side. Flip fillets with a spatula and cook for 2 minutes more, until fish flakes easily when probed.
• Transfer fish to warm platter or individual warmed plates. With a paring knife, cut herb butter into 8 thin slices and lay 2 slices atop each fillet. Sprinkle with extra herb blossoms, if you wish, and serve immediately.

FLOUNDER FILLETS IN A BEURRE BLANC SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to low. Mix the flour, salt and pepper together and dip the fillets in the mixture to coat both sides. Shake off excess. Heat a large skillet very hot, add the clarified butter and when it is very hot fry the fillets quickly, turning once, until golden brown on both sides (about 2 minutes). Remove fillets to dinner plates and keep warm in the oven.
• Pour off any remaining clarified butter or oil from the skillet, add the wine, lemon juice and shallots and boil hard over high heat until reduced to about 1/8 cup. Add the cream and boil until reduced once again to about 1/4 cup. Lower the heat and vigorously whisk in the unsalted butter bit by bit, incorporating each piece almost completely before adding the next. As the last piece disappears, remove the pan from the heat. Do not boil the sauce after all the butter is in. 3.
• Spoon a small amount of the sauce over the 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.