Sauteed Skate With Summer Tomatoes And Basil Recipes

SAUTEED CHERRY TOMATOES WITH GARLIC AND BASIL

Steps:

• Heat 1 Tb. olive oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high flame until it just starts to smoke. Add tomatoes, and season with salt and pepper. Saute, shaking pan frequently, until tomatoes soften and skins just begin to wrinkle, about 2 minutes. Stir in the garlic and continue to shake the pan until garlic is fragrant. Off heat, stir in the basil and remaining 1 Tb. olive oil, then serve.

SUMMER CHICKEN SAUTé WITH TOMATO-BASIL SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle chicken breast halves with salt and pepper. Add chicken to skillet and cook until golden and cooked through, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer to plate. Add chopped shallot to same skillet; sauté 30 seconds. Stir in tomatoes, white wine, capers, and caper brine. Boil until tomatoes release juices, about 4 minutes. Stir in chopped basil. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Return chicken to skillet. Cook until warmed through, spooning sauce over chicken, about 1 minute. Transfer chicken with sauce to 2 plates.

SAUTEED SKATE WITH SUMMER TOMATOES AND BASIL

Steps:

• Thoroughly dry skate fillets with paper towels, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Spread flour in a large, shallow dish. Dredge fillets in flour, pat off excess, and set aside.
• Place a large non-stick skillet over high heat, and add the olive oil. When oil is hot, add skate wings so that they lie flat, in a single layer. Brown until the under side is lightly golden, about two minutes. Use a wide spatula to turn the fillets, and saute until surface is golden and flesh is opaque, about two minutes more. Transfer fillets to heated dinner plates, and keep warm.
• Return skillet to medium heat, and add the butter, stirring with a wooden spoon. As soon as the butter turns a medium nut-brown, stir in the lemon juice. Add tomatoes, and warm briefly - about 5 to 10 seconds for very ripe tomatoes, 15 to 30 seconds for firm tomatoes. Remove pan from heat, add 4 or 5 drops of Tabasco sauce, and salt and pepper to taste.
• To serve, spoon tomatoes over skate. Tear basil leaves into bite-sized pieces, and scatter over tomatoes. Serve immediately.

SAUTEED SKATE WITH INDIAN LIME PICKLE

Steps:

• Start by making the lime pickle puree. Place the lime pickle, lemon juice, olive oil, and water in a blender and blend until smooth.
• Clean Swiss chard by removing tough stems and then thoroughly rinsing in cold water to remove all sand and grit. Blanch the chard in salted boiling water until very tender, remove and shock in very cold water. Remove from water and squeeze the cooked chard until most of the water is removed.
• In a hot pan, add bacon and allow some of the fat to render out then add shallots and butter and sweat shallot until they?re translucent. Add the pickled ramps and Swiss chard and heat. While stirring the chard, add the lime pickle puree and lemon zest. Cream the ingredients together and season with salt and pepper.
• To make the onion soubise, add the butter, Vidalia onion, and salt and pepper to a non-reactive pan. Cook slowly, uncovered, until onions are tender and the liquid from the onions and butter has reduced.
• To make the sauce, add butter to a hot pan and cook it until it is melted but before it browns. Add the tomato, salt and pepper. Finish with lemon juice.
• Season skate with salt and pepper and place skin side down in a smoking pan with the corn oil. Place a flat weighted object or your hands on the fish until it?s flat. Adjust heat to a medium-low and cook until the skate is three-quarters cooked. Season top of the fish with salt and pepper, flip, and continue to cook for a few more seconds.
• Plating: Place some Swiss chard in the center of the plate. Place skate on the chard and, alternating skate and chard, layer in a high pile. Drizzle the sauce over the fish, top with a small pile of onion soubise, and garnish with chives.

SUMMER TOMATOES WITH GARLIC & BASIL

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in saute pan over medium heat.
• Add garlic and cook to golden color.
• Add chopped tomato and turn heat to high.
• Saute 3 to 4 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper and add chopped basil.
• Spoon onto toasted slices of baguette and serve.

SUMMER CHICKEN SAUTE WITH TOMATO-BASIL SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat.
• Sprinkle chicken breast halves with salt and pepper.
• Add chicken to skillet and cook until golden brown about 5 minutes per side.
• Add chopped shallot to same skillet; saute 30 seconds.
• Stir in tomatoes, white wine, capers, and caper brine.
• Boil until tomatoes release juices about 4 minutes.
• Stir in chopped basil.
• Return chicken to skillet and cook until warmed through.
• Spoon sauce over chicken.

SAUTEED CORN WITH TOMATOES & BASIL

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute corn in oil until crisp-tender. Stir in the tomatoes, salt and pepper; cook 1 minute longer. Remove from the heat; sprinkle with basil.

BAKED SKATE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking dish.
• Finely grate the zest from 1/2 of the lemon. Cut lemon in half, remove seeds, and juice it into a small bowl. Mix bread crumbs with melted butter in another small bowl.
• Rinse skate wings and pat dry. Cut into 4 pieces and place in the prepared baking dish. Season with salt and pepper, sprinkle with lemon zest, and pour lemon juice over top. Sprinkle with dill and then bread crumb mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Continue to bake, checking in short increments, until fish is uniformly white throughout and can be easily lifted from the skeleton, up to 5 more minutes; do not overcook.
• Carefully move to a serving platter and garnish with lemon slices and dill sprigs.