Fillets De Sole Vermouth Recipes

PAUPIETTES DE SOLE AU VERMOUTH (ROLLED SOLE FILLETS IN VERMOUTH SAUCE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Arrange the fillets skinned side up on a flat surface. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper to taste.
• Put the scallops into the container of a food processor or blender. Add the egg white and start blending. Gradually pour in the cream. Add salt and pepper to taste and Tabasco and blend.
• Spoon an equal portion of the scallop mixture on each fillet. Fold over the ends of the fillet to enclose the mixture.
• Select a shallow, heatproof baking dish large enough to hold the folded fillets in one layer. Rub it with the tablespoon of butter. Arrange the fillets, seam side down, over the dish. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Pour the vermouth over all.
• Place the dish on top of the stove and bring the liquid to the simmer. Cover closely with aluminum foil and place in the oven. Bake 15 minutes.
• Transfer the fish fillets to a hot serving platter and cover with foil to keep warm. Pour the pan liquid from the fish into a saucepan.
• Bring the liquid in the saucepan to the boil over high heat and cook down. As the liquid boils add any liquid that accumulates around the fish. Continue cooking down to one-third cup. Add the cream and cook down over high heat about four minutes. There should be about one cup. Line a mixing bowl with a strainer. Add the sauce and scrape to extract all the liquid from any solids in the sauce. Return the sauce to a saucepan and reheat.
• Add the lemon juice and pour the sauce over the fish. Serve sprinkled with parsley.

FILETS DE SOLE BAUMANIERE

Steps:

• Place shrimp shells on a tray in a 300 degree F. oven for 30 minutes to dry. Remove. Place 1/2 cup dry vermouth in a casserole pan on a gentle heat, add the fish fillets and season with salt and cayenne pepper. Cover the pan and poach fish for 5 minutes. Place shrimp shells in a blender with 1/4 cup dry vermouth and the melted butter. Blend until a thick paste is obtained. Place sole fillets on a heated serving dish and keep warm. Place the shrimp shell paste in the top of a double boiler on the heat and add 5/8ths cup fish poaching stock, the bay leaf, thyme and a pinch of saffron and allow mixture to infuse for 5 minutes. Place the mussels in a pan on a high heat with dry white wine and cover pan. Cook a few minutes, shaking pan from time to time. Remove mussels from shells. Sieve shrimp shell mixture into scalded cream - combine. Mix egg yolks with a little of the sauce and then combine with the rest of the sauce. Heat gently until thickened and add brandy. Garnish fish with shelled mussels and cooked shrimp and coat with sauce.

FILLETS OF SOLE PAVILLON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Run the fingers lengthwise down the center of each fillet. There may be a tiny bone line at the end near the center base of each fillet. If there is, use a small paring knife and cut on either side of this boneline to remove it. Arrange the fillet halves skinned side up on a flat surface.
• Split each fillet down the center lengthwise.
• Rub the bottom of a baking dish with one teaspoon of the butter. Scatter the shallots over it. Scatter the mushrooms over the dish and arrange the tomatoes evenly over the mushrooms. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Fold each piece of fillet in half. Arrange the folded fillet pieces neatly and compactly in one layer over the tomatoes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Pour the wine over all. Cover closely with a round of wax paper.
• Place the baking dish on top of the stove and bring to the simmer.
• Place in the oven and bake five minutes.
• Using a spatula, transfer the pieces of fillet to a warm ovenproof serving dish. Cover with foil and keep warm.
• Bring the pan sauce with the mushroom slices to the boil. Add the fish stock. Cook down over high heat until reduced to about one and one-half cups. Stir in the veloute.
• Add three-quarters cup of the cream and bring to the boil. Cook, stirring, about five minutes. Off heat, swirl in the remaining two tablespoons of butter. Add the parsley.
• Whip the remaining one-quarter cup of heavy cream until it holds peaks but is not stiff. Beat in the egg yolk. Add six tablespoons of the whipped cream mixture to the sauce. Discard the rest (it is almost impossible to whip less than one-quarter cup of cream).
• Preheat the broiler to high.
• Spoon the sauce over the fish fillets. Place under the broiler and leave the door open. Let stand under the broiler heat about two or three minutes until golden brown and bubbling on top.

FILLET OF SOLE, BONNE FEMME

Steps:

• Grease baking dish.
• Dust fillets with flour.
• Arrange fillets and sprinkle with lemon juice, sherry, onion, mushrooms and salt Add cream.
• Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.