Sole or Flounder Recipe
The Sole or Flounder makes the best bet for seafood theme parties and is quite easy to prepare too. It is the flavors of cream and white wine that make this Sole or Flounder taste yum. Just check out the recipe of this rich tasting dish listed here.
Ingredients
| 2 1/2 lbs. filet of sole or flounder | ||
| 1/2 cup white wine or vermouth | ||
| Peppercorns | 6 To taste | |
| Bay Leaf | 1 | |
| Cream | 3 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Brandy | 2 Tablespoon | |
Directions
Boil down cream to consistency of thick cream sauce (about 1-11/2 hours).
Preheat oven to 375 °.
Place fish in buttered shallow baking dish with wine or vermouth, peppercorns, bay leaf and 1/4 cup water; cover with aluminum foil and poach for 10-15 minutes.
Remove from oven, drain liquid from fish and keep fish warm.
Boil down liquid to about 1/2 cup.
Add liquid slowly to cream, whisking thoroughly and boil down until mixture is consistency of very heavy cream.
Heat brandy, light with a match, and quickly add to cream sauce.
Pour sauce over fish and place under broiler until browned.
Optional: Add sauteed mushrooms and/or cooked shrimp around edges of the fish before pouring sauce over the dish and brown under broiler as indicated.
Preheat oven to 375 °.
Place fish in buttered shallow baking dish with wine or vermouth, peppercorns, bay leaf and 1/4 cup water; cover with aluminum foil and poach for 10-15 minutes.
Remove from oven, drain liquid from fish and keep fish warm.
Boil down liquid to about 1/2 cup.
Add liquid slowly to cream, whisking thoroughly and boil down until mixture is consistency of very heavy cream.
Heat brandy, light with a match, and quickly add to cream sauce.
Pour sauce over fish and place under broiler until browned.
Optional: Add sauteed mushrooms and/or cooked shrimp around edges of the fish before pouring sauce over the dish and brown under broiler as indicated.
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