Portuguese Stuffed Flounder Rolls Recipe
Portuguese Stuffed Flounder Rolls was my family cook's signature dish, now that he's gone I have taken up the task of preparing it for the family. The flavor of Fish makes this dish all the more appetizing. This Portuguese Stuffed Flounder Rolls is too good to be missed.
Ingredients
eight 1/4-lb. fillets of flounder or lemon sole, skinned
1/2 cup butter
1/2 lb. cooked, peeled, deveined
jumbo shrimp
1 lemon
For the Stuffing:
1 hard-boiled egg
1 sprig watercress
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup oil
1 onion, chopped
2 cups fresh breadcrumbs
1 egg, beaten
juice and grated rind 1 lemon
salt and pepper
For the Sauce:
1 1/4 cups veloute sauce
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 tablespoons dry sherry
juice
1/2 lemon
salt and pepper
Directions
1 Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2 Tap each fillet gently with a rolling pin to break down the fibers.
3 Chop the hard-boiled egg and watercress and mix well with the other stuffing ingredients to form a paste.
4 Spread the stuffing evenly over each fish fillet. Roll up the fillets and place upright in a shallow oven-proof dish. Season, dot with butter and bake for 15 minutes.
5 Meanwhile, make the sauce. Boil the veloute and stir in the tomato paste, sherry and lemon juice. Season to taste.
6 Pour the sauce over the cooked, rolled fillets and decorate with the shrimp and lemon wedges. Portuguese Stuffed Flounder Rolls are stuffed with bread-crumbs, watercress and lemon and then covered in a sherry sauce.
2 Tap each fillet gently with a rolling pin to break down the fibers.
3 Chop the hard-boiled egg and watercress and mix well with the other stuffing ingredients to form a paste.
4 Spread the stuffing evenly over each fish fillet. Roll up the fillets and place upright in a shallow oven-proof dish. Season, dot with butter and bake for 15 minutes.
5 Meanwhile, make the sauce. Boil the veloute and stir in the tomato paste, sherry and lemon juice. Season to taste.
6 Pour the sauce over the cooked, rolled fillets and decorate with the shrimp and lemon wedges. Portuguese Stuffed Flounder Rolls are stuffed with bread-crumbs, watercress and lemon and then covered in a sherry sauce.
