Vermouth Leek And Tarragon Pan Sauce Recipes

TARRAGON PAN SAUCE

Steps:

• To skillet add minced shallot and cook over moderate heat, stirring, for 1-2 minutes, or until softened. Add vinegar, wine and tarragon. Deglaze pan, scraping up brown bits, until reduced by half. Add chicken stock (have heated so that it comes to the boil quickly). Bring to a boil. Strain sauce into a small saucepan and bring back to a boil.

VERMOUTH, LEEK AND TARRAGON PAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Halve leek lengthwise, and slice into 1/4 inch thick pieces. Add oil to same skillet used to cook chicken, add leek and cook, stirring often, until softened and browned around edges, 2-3 minutes. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly for 30 seconds. Add broth and vermouth. Increase heat to medium-high, and bring to simmer, scraping pan bottom to loosen browned bits. Simmer rapidly for 3 - 5 minutes until reduced to 3/4 cup, Stir in any accumulated chicken juices, return to simmer and cook for 30 seconds. Turn off heat, whisk in mustard, tarragon and butter, season with salt and pepper, Spoon over cutlets and serve immediately.

TARRAGON PAN SAUCE

Steps:

• To skillet add minced shallot and cook over moderate heat, stirring, for 1-2 minutes, or until softened. Add vinegar, wine and tarragon. Deglaze pan, scraping up brown bits, until reduced by half. Add chicken stock (have heated so that it comes to the boil quickly). Bring to a boil. Strain sauce into a small saucepan and bring back to a boil.

VEAL IN TARRAGON MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Place mushrooms, shallot and broth in a 2 1/2-quart souffle dish with a tightly fitting lid. Cook, covered, at 100 percent power in a high-power oven for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and uncover. Stir in vermouth. Stir cornstarch and water together in a small dish. Stir into mushroom mixture. Let stand until cool. Dish can be prepared several hours ahead up to this point. Do not refrigerate.
• Nestle the veal into the sauce, with each medallion against the edge of the dish. Sprinkle the peas around the veal. Scatter the tarragon over all. Cook, covered, at 50 percent power for 12 minutes 30 seconds. Meanwhile, cook noodles. Drain and return them to the pan. Toss with butter and keep warm. Remove veal from oven and uncover. Season with salt and pepper. Serve over noodles.

TARRAGON BEEF STEW WITH VERMOUTH

Steps:

• Melt butter In a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add the beef stew meat, and fry for 2 to 3 minutes, or until evenly browned on the outside.
• Pour the chicken broth, water, and vermouth into the stock pot. Add the potatoes, carrots, and garlic. Season with tarragon, bay leaf, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, honey, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and cover. Cook 2 1/2 hours to blend the flavors.
• Remove cover and continue cooking 20 minutes, or long enough to evaporate enough liquid to reach your desired thickness.

LOBSTERS WITH TARRAGON VERMOUTH SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook lobsters:
• Bring water and sea salt to a boil in an 8- to 10-quart pot. Plunge 2 lobsters headfirst into water and cook, covered, over high heat 7 minutes from time lobsters enter water, then transfer with tongs to sink to drain. Return water to a boil and cook remaining 2 lobsters in same manner.
• Make sauce while lobsters cook and drain:
• Melt butter and cool until just warm.
• Whisk together vermouth, vinegar, and yolks in a metal bowl, then set bowl over a small saucepan of boiling water and heat mixture, whisking, until warm. Add melted butter in a slow stream, whisking, then whisk in salt and pepper. Cook sauce, whisking, until thickened and registers 160°F on an instant-read thermometer, about 5 minutes. Remove pan from heat and keep bowl in saucepan. Just before serving, stir in lemon juice and tarragon.
• Working from belly side, halve each lobster lengthwise with a sharp heavy knife or kitchen shears. Serve lobsters with sauce.

SAUTEED CHICKEN CUTLETS WITH VERMOUTH, LEEK, AND TARRAGON PAN SA

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 200 degrees.
• Remove tenderloin from each chicken breast. Trim chicken breasts of excess fat. Halve each horizontally and pound 1/4" thick.
• Season both sides of each cutlet with salt and pepper. Heat 2 teaspoons oil in 12" skillet over medium high heat until smoking.
• Place 4 cutlets in skillet and cook without moving them until browned, about 2 minutes. Flip cutlets and continue to cook until second sides are opaque, 15-20 seconds. Transfer to large ovensafe plate.
• Add 2 teaspoons of oil to now empty skillet and repeat to cook remaining cutlets. Cover plate loosely with foil and transfer to oven to keep warm while making pan sauce.
• Add 2 teaspoons oil to empty skillet used to cook chicken and return panto medium heat. Add leek and cook, stirring often, until softened and browned around edges, 2-3 minutes. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, 30 seconds. Add broth and vermouth, increase heat to medium-high, and bring to simmer, scraping pan bottom to loosen browned bits. Simmer rapidly until reduced to 3/4 cup, 3-5 minutes. Stir in any accumulated chicken juices, return to simmer and cook 30 secnds. Off heat, whisk in mustard, tarragon, and butter, season with salt and pepper. Spoon over cutlets and serve immediately.

MEDALLIONS OF LAMB WITH LEEKS AND TARRAGON SAUCE

Steps:

• If any fat remains on the loin of lamb pieces after they are trimmed, carefully cut it away. Place each loin of lamb on a flat surface and cut crosswise into four pieces of equal size. This will yield eight pieces.
• Place each piece upright (grain side up) and pound lightly with a flat mallet. The flattened pieces will measure about half an inch thick. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Trim off stems of the leeks. Cut leeks crosswise into 1 1/2-inch pieces. Cut each piece lengthwise into very thin shreds (julienne). Put leeks in a saucepan and add 2 tablespoons of the butter, salt and pepper.
• Cook leeks over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, about one minute. Add 1/4 cup of the chicken broth and cover. Continue cooking about 10 minutes. Add cream and cook, uncovered, about three minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a heavy skillet and add medallions of lamb. Cook about two minutes over relatively high heat until browned. Turn pieces and continue cooking about four to five minutes to the desired degree of doneness. Transfer pieces to a warm platter.
• Pour off fat from the skillet and wipe skillet with paper towels. Add remaining tablespoon of butter to the skillet. When it is hot add shallots and cook briefly, stirring. Add wine, chicken broth and tomato paste. Stir. Add any liquid that may have accumulated from the lamb pieces. Cook the sauce, stirring, until it is reduced to one-half cup. Stir in tarragon.
• Spoon sauce over meat. Serve with leeks in cream sauce on the side.

VERMOUTH TARRAGON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Generously sprinkle the chicken breast halves with lemon pepper. Place chicken, vermouth, 3 tablespoons olive oil, and tarragon into a large resealable plastic bag. Place in the refrigerator to marinate for at least 6 hours, or overnight.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown chicken breasts on both sides in the hot oil. Pour 1/2 cup of the marinade into the skillet, reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer for about 20 minutes, or until the chicken is no longer pink.

SALMON WITH TARRAGON-LEEK SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt 4 tablespoons butter in large skillet over medium-low heat. Add leeks and sauté until soft and transparent, about 15 minutes. Add vermouth and boil over high heat until liquid is reduced to 2 tablespoons, about 5 minutes. Add cream and boil until thickened to sauce consistency, about 2 minutes. Stir in 1/4 cup parsley and tarragon. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Remove from heat, cover to keep warm.
• Sprinkle salmon with salt and pepper. Dust salmon lightly with flour. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in each of 2 non-stick skillets over medium-high heat. Add 4 salmon fillets to each skillet and cook until opaque in center, about 3 minutes per side.
• Transfer salmon to plates. Spoon sauce over salmon. Sprinkle with additional parsley and serve.