Filet Dalose Riviera Shad With Mushrooms And Tomatoes Recipes

BROILED FILET OF SHAD

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler. Place the shad, skin side down on a rack in a baking pan and season with salt and pepper. Broil the shad, about 6 inches away from the heat source until the top is lightly browned and fish is cooked through, about 8 to 10 minutes, depending upon how thick it is. (You do not turn it) When done, set on a bed of tomato garnish and serve with buttered spinach or other greens.

SAUTEED SHAD FILLET WITH LEMON

Steps:

• In a shallow bowl, combine flour, salt, and pepper and dredge fish in seasoned flour. In a saute pan over medium heat, heat oil until hot. Add fish to pan and cook until well browned on both sides. Remove fish and blot on paper. Return saute pan to heat. Add butter, let melt, and cook until brown. Add lemon juice, allow to sizzle, and add chopped parsley. Plate fish and drizzle lemon butter over top. Serve with asparagus.;

SHAD FILLETS BRAISED WITH WILD MUSHROOMS AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Place the fish, skin side down, in a glass or ceramic baking dish. Cover with the wine, lemon juice, garlic, onion, bay leaf and peppercorns. Marinate for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Transfer the fish to a clean baking dish. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the marinade over the fish. Arrange the fresh mushrooms over the top. Add the tomatoes. Cover tightly with foil and bake until the small bones dissolve, about 3 to 4 hours.
• Meanwhile, place the dried mushrooms and water in a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer gently for 30 minutes. Stir in the salt, sugar and soy sauce. Add the scallion and simmer until reduced to 1 cup, about 25 minutes. Strain. Set aside.
• Remove the fish from the oven. Cut the fillets in half and divide among 4 plates, with the mushrooms over the fish. Spoon the sauce over the shad and serve immediately.

BAKED HADDOCK WITH SPINACH AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly butter a 2-quart casserole or baking dish large enough to hold haddock fillets in a single layer.
• Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a skillet over medium heat and cook the onion slices, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in spinach and nutmeg and cook for about 3 minutes.
• Arrange haddock fillets in baking dish. Spoon equal portions of the spinach mixture between the fillets. Spoon drained tomatoes around fillets and sprinkle with the thyme, tarragon and salt.
• Bake, uncovered, for 20 to 25 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
• While fish is baking, make the sauce. If necessary add enough water to reserved tomato liquid to make 1 cup. In the skillet, melt the remaining 1 tablespoon butter over medium heat. Stir in the minced onion and cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Add 3/4 cup of the tomato juice to the onions. Bring mixture to a boil. Whisk the cornstarch into the remaining 1/4 cup juice, then add to the skillet. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring, until sauce thickens slightly. Pour sauce over baked fillets and serve.

FILET D'ALOSE VERONIQUE (SHAD FILLET WITH GRAPES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cut shad fillet in half crosswise. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Rub with butter the bottom of a skillet or casserole large enough to hold the fish pieces in one layer.
• Sprinkle with shallots and arrange fish pieces skin side down over shallots. Scatter grapes around the fish and pour wine over.
• Bring to boil on top of stove. Place in oven and bake about 8 minutes.
• Transfer fish to 2 serving plates. Cover with foil and keep warm.
• Bring cooking liquid and grapes to boil. Add cream and cook over high heat, stirring occasionally and shaking skillet, about 3 minutes (sauce will be reduced to about a cup). Add lemon juice, salt and pepper. Pour sauce with grapes over fish, and serve sprinkled with parsley.

MUSHROOM, TOMATO AND ONION SAUTE

Steps:

• Preheat the pan over medium low heat then add 2 tablespoons olive oil.
• Add the onions and brown slowly until tender and golden, about 10 minutes.
• Add more oil if necessary and add mushrooms. Do not raise heat. Cook an additional 10 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and continue to cook until soft, 10-15 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper and serve.

FILET D'ALOSE AU CITRON (SHAD MEUNIERE WITH LEMON)

Steps:

• Split fillet in half crosswise. Sprinkle pieces with salt and pepper, and place in small, flat basin of milk. Set aside.
• Peel lemon, trimming away white pulp. Cut lemon into small cubes, discarding seeds and white membrane. Set aside two tablespoons of lemon cubes. Squeeze remainder; set juice aside.
• Remove fish pieces from milk without draining. Put pieces carefully in flour to coat on both sides.
• Heat oil in skillet, and add fish pieces skin side up. Cook over high heat 1 1/2 to 2 minutes or until golden brown on one side. Carefully turn pieces and continue cooking on second side over moderately low heat about 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer pieces to two warm serving plates.
• Sprinkle fish with about tablespoon of reserved lemon juice. Sprinkle tablespoon of lemon cubes over each piece of fish.
• Heat butter in small skillet, swirling around until golden brown. Do not let it burn. Pour butter over fish. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

FILET MIGNON WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Place bacon in an 8-inch cast iron skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels. Pour off excess fat from the skillet. Crumble bacon and reserve.
• Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet over medium-low heat. Cook garlic in the hot butter, stirring, until softened, 1 to 2 minutes. Add mushrooms, salt, and pepper; cook over medium heat, stirring, until liquid from mushrooms starts to evaporate, 5 to 7 minutes. Add bourbon and boil until nearly evaporated. Stir in water, lemon juice, and Worcestershire. Boil until sauce is thickened slightly. Transfer sauce to a small saucepan and stir in reserved bacon and parsley. Keep warm.
• Pat steaks dry with paper towels and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Heat remaining butter in a skillet over medium-high heat until foam begins to subside. Sear steaks for 4 minutes; turn over and sear, 3 to 3 1/2 minutes for medium-rare. Divide between 2 plates and spoon sauce over them.

FILET MIGNON WITH MUSHROOM-CABERNET GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle the filets with salt and pepper, gently place them into the hot skillet, and sear until well-browned on each side, about 2 minutes per side. Remove the steaks to a platter, tent with aluminum foil, and keep warm.
• Turn the heat down to medium, and melt the butter. Cook and stir the shallot and mushrooms in the butter until the mushrooms begin to give off their liquid and the shallots are translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the wine, beef broth, and thyme, and simmer the sauce until it begins to reduce, 6 to 10 minutes. Return the steaks to the sauce, and simmer briefly until they start to become firm and are reddish-pink and juicy in the center, about 2 to 4 minutes per side (for medium-rare.) An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 130 degrees F (54 degrees C). Remove the steaks to serving dishes.
• In a small bowl, stir the cornstarch and water until it forms a smooth paste. Stir the cornstarch mixture into the pan sauce, and cook and stir until thickened, about 30 seconds. Top each serving with mushroom-wine sauce to serve.

FILET D'ALOSE RIVIERA (SHAD WITH MUSHROOMS AND TOMATOES)

Steps:

• Split fillet in half crosswise. Sprinkle pieces with salt and pepper and place in small, flat basin of milk. Remove fish pieces from milk without draining. Put pieces in flour to coat on both sides.
• Heat corn or other oil in frying pan, and add fish pieces skin side up. Cook about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes over high heat or until golden brown on one side. Carefully turn pieces and continue cooking on second side over moderately low heat 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer pieces to two warm serving plates.
• Slice mushrooms thin. There should be about two cups.
• Heat olive oil in skillet, and add mushrooms and salt and pepper to taste. Cook, stirring, about 2 minutes. Add garlic and butter and swirl and stir around until butter melts.
• Meanwhile, heat tomatoes in small saucepan, and cook down for about 5 minutes.
• Spoon half of tomatoes onto each fish piece. Pour mushrooms over and sprinkle with parsley.