Flounder With Tomato Onion Ragout For One Recipes

FRIED TOMATO, ONION, AND MUSHROOM RAGOUT

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir the onion for about 5 minutes, until translucent. Add the tomato wedges and mushrooms, and simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 20 minutes, until the tomatoes and mushrooms are cooked through and the sauce is reduced and thickened.
• Sprinkle on the basil, salt and pepper, and stir to combine.

FLOUNDER MEDITERRANEAN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Bring a saucepan of water to a boil. Plunge tomatoes into the boiling water and immediately remove to a medium bowl of ice water; drain. Remove and discard skins from tomatoes. Chop tomatoes and set aside.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; saute onion until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, garlic and Italian seasoning; cook until tomatoes are tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Mix in olives, wine, capers, lemon juice, and 1/2 the basil. Reduce heat, blend in Parmesan cheese, and cook until the mixture is reduced to a thick sauce, about 15 minutes.
• Place flounder in a shallow baking dish. Pour sauce over the fillets and top with remaining basil leaves.
• Bake 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until fish is easily flaked with a fork.

BAKED FLOUNDER WITH ROASTED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Place tomatoes on a rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon oil, 1/4 teaspoon tarragon, sugar, salt, and pepper; toss to coat. Arrange tomatoes cut side up. Roast on lower rack until tender, 20 to 25 minutes. (Keep oven on for fish.)
• Meanwhile, make sauce: In a small bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, remaining 1/2 teaspoon tarragon, and lemon juice; season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil and brush with oil. In a food processor, place bread, a pinch each salt and pepper, and remaining tablespoon oil; pulse until fine crumbs form.
• Lay fillets flat on prepared baking sheet; season with salt and pepper. Spread top sides with mustard; sprinkle with bread crumbs, pressing to adhere. Bake on upper rack until fish is cooked through and crumbs are browned, 6 to 8 minutes. Serve with tomatoes and sauce.

TOMATO AND BASIL FLOUNDER

Steps:

• Coat a large saute pan with oil.
• Saute, over medium heat, onion and garlic until onions are translucent. Add peppers. Cook approx. 2 minutes. Then add tomatoes and 1/4 cup water. Season with salt and black pepper to taste. Add oregano and basil. Cook for approximately 10 minutes, contents should be juicy. Add asparagus. Cook another 5 minutes.
• Rinse fish in cold water. Season with a pinch of salt, black pepper, oregano, and garlic powder. Separate ingredients in saute pan. Push all solid ingredients to one side. Gently lay fish in hot liquid, try not to let fillets overlap. Cover. Cook 5 to 10 minutes depending on thickness of fillets.
• When fillets become a milky white, they are done. Garnish with parsley.

FIRE ROASTED WHOLE FLOUNDER WITH YELLOW TOMATO VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Place tomatoes, onion, garlic, vinegar and basil in a blender and blend until smooth. Slowly add the olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste. Place in squeeze bottles.
• Preheat grill. Brush flounder with olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste. Grill on each side for 4 to 5 minutes or until cooked through.

FLOUNDER WITH TOMATO-ONION RAGOUT FOR ONE

Steps:

• In 10-inch nonstick skillet, heat 1/2 tsp oil over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally until lightly browned, 1-2 minutes. Add tomatoes and cook, stirring occasionally until slightly collapsed, 30-60 seconds. Remove skillet from heat. Add vinegar, stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper. Remove to bowl, cover and keep warm. FLOUNDER: Wipe skillet clean with paper towel. Place 1 tsp oil in pan and heat over medium-high heat. Season fish with salt and pepper, place in skillet. Tuck the tail of flounder underneath to make it one thickness. Cook until lightly brown, about 2 minutes. With wide metal spatula, carefully turn fish over. Cook until opaque throughout about 1 minutes. Transfer to dinner plate, cover with ragout and parsley.

BAKED FLOUNDER WITH TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Coat a 7" x 11" baking dish with cooking spray.
• Place tomatoes in bottom of prepared dish.
• Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt and the pepper.
• Place flounder evenly over top.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, oregano, oil, and bread crumbs.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.

FLOUNDER FILLETS WITH TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to low, or 150 degrees. Mix the flour, salt and pepper and dip the fillets in the mixture to coat both sides. Shake off the excess. Heat a large skillet very hot, add the clarified butter and when it is very hot fry the fillets quickly, turning them once, until they are golden brown on both sides (about 2 minutes or less, all told). Remove the fillets to dinner plates and keep warm in the oven.
• Pour off any remaining clarified butter or oil from the skillet, add 2 tablespoons unsalted regular butter and (still over high heat) add the shallots and saute 30 seconds. Add the wine and fish stock and boil hard until it is almost gone. Add the thyme and chopped tomatoes and boil briefly until slightly reduced. Season with salt and pepper, remove the skillet from the heat and whisk in the additional regular butter bit by bit, incorporating each piece almost completely before adding the next. Warm the sauce again if necessary, but do not let it boil.
• Spoon a small amount of the sauce over the fish 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.

BAKED FLOUNDER WITH TOMATO CAPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Make sauce:
• Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté onion and fennel, stirring, until golden, about 8 minutes. Add garlic and sauté, stirring, 30 seconds. Add tomatoes and wine and simmer briskly until liquid is reduced by one third, about 5 minutes. Stir in capers, salt, and pepper, then transfer to a 2-quart gratin dish or other wide shallow baking dish.
• Prepare flounder:
• Stir together bread crumbs, butter, salt, and pepper with a fork until combined. Season flounder with salt and pepper, then roll each fillet, skinned side up, into a cylinder and arrange, seam side down, on top of sauce. Gently press bread crumbs onto flounder.
• Drizzle wine carefully around fish into sauce (not over fish) and bake in middle of oven until fish is just cooked through, 20 to 25 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.

OVEN-DRIED-TOMATO RAGOUT FOR FISH OR SHELLFISH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Brush the tomatoes lightly with 1 teaspoon of oil. Place skin side down on a large baking sheet. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and pepper to taste. Bake until the tomatoes shrink to 1/4 of their original size, about 4 to 6 hours; they should remain soft and juicy. When cool enough to handle, coarsely chop.
• Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds. Add the mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 10 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, lemon juice, wine, 1 teaspoon of salt and pepper to taste and cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the parsley and serve the ragout as a bed for sauteed scallops or for a full-bodied fish like tuna or swordfish.