Showing posts with label plaice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plaice. Show all posts

Thursday, March 20, 2014

3237. PAN-FRIED FISH FILLETS with CRISPY BACON and BEURRE NOISETTE

serves four


8 rashers thin-cut rindless streaky bacon
25 grams plain flour
2 tablespoons sunflower oil
45 grams unsalted butter
8 x 75 gram or 12 x 50 gram skinned Dover sole, lemon sole, plaice, flounder, megrim or witch sole fillets
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon each finely chopped fresh tarragon, parsley and chives

Preheat the grill to high. Lay the bacon rashers on the rack of the grill pan and set aside.

Put the flour onto a shallow tray and season. Put half the oil and 10g butter into a large, frying pan and melt the butter over a low heat. Meanwhile, dip the fillets into the flour, making sure they are well-coated both sides. Shake off the excess.

Grill the bacon until crisp and golden, then keep warm. Meanwhile, increase the heat under the pan. When the butter starts foaming, add half the fillets and fry over a medium-high heat for 2 minutes each side, until lightly golden. Put the cooked fillets on a plate and keep warm. Wipe out the pan and cook the other fillets, using the rest of the oil and another 10g butter.

Wipe out the pan with kitchen paper and return to a medium heat with the remaining butter. When the butter is melted and starting to go pale brown, add the lemon juice and herbs and remove from the heat. Season. Arrange the fillets and bacon on warmed plates, spoon over some beurre noisette and serve.


bacon recipe courtesy of: Debbie Major, delicious. magazine

Monday, July 22, 2013

2996. PLAICE, EDAM, MUSSEL and BACON CHOWDER

serves 4-6


500 grams fresh mussels, cleaned and checked (optional)
150 ml wine, or water if preferred
1 tablespoon olive oil
115 grams rindless, streaky bacon, chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed
600 ml vegetable stock
500 grams potatoes, peeled and cubed
350 grams boneless, skinless plaice, cut into small chunks
75 ml double cream
150 grams frozen peas or petit pois
115 grams Edam cheese, cut into small cubes
3 tablespoons fresh chives, chopped

Place the mussels in a large pan, pour over the wine (or water), cover and cook for about four minutes until all the mussels are open. Drain and reserve the liquid. When cool enough to handle, remove the mussels from their shells. Heat the olive oil in a large pan and cook the bacon for three minutes. Add the onion and cook until softened, about six minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook for a further minute. Pour in the stock and reserved mussel liquid and bring to the boil. Add the potatoes and simmer for eight minutes. Stir in the plaice and cook for a further three minutes. Pour in the cream, petit pois, mussels and warm through. Stir in the Edam and chives and season to taste. Pour into warm serving bowls and serve with crusty bread. If not keen on mussels then replace with your favourite shellfish such as lobster or crayfish. Simply leave out stage one and add a splash of white wine to the stock.


bacon recipe courtesy of: Lesley Waters, Lesley Waters Cookery School, Abbots Hill Farm, Closworth Road, Halstock, Dorset BA22 9SY UK; Aidan Gray, Caterer and Hotelkeeper, July 3, 2008

Plaice, Edam, mussel and bacon chowder by Lesley Waters

Thursday 3rd July 2008 16:10
Ingredients
(Serves four to six)
500g fresh mussels, cleaned and checked (optional)
150ml wine, or water if preferred
1tbs olive oil
115g rindless, streaky bacon, chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed
600ml vegetable stock
500g potatoes, peeled and cubed
350g boneless, skinless plaice, cut into small chunks
75ml double cream
150g frozen peas or petit pois
115g Edam cheese, cut into small cubes
3tbs fresh chives, chopped
Method
Place the mussels in a large pan, pour over the wine (or water), cover and cook for about four minutes until all the mussels are open. Drain and reserve the liquid. When cool enough to handle, remove the mussels from their shells.
Heat the olive oil in a large pan and cook the bacon for three minutes. Add the onion and cook until softened, about six minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook for a further minute.
Pour in the stock and reserved mussel liquid and bring to the boil. Add the potatoes and simmer for eight minutes. Stir in the plaice and cook for a further three minutes. Pour in the cream, petit pois, mussels and warm through. Stir in the Edam and chives and season to taste.
Pour into warm serving bowls and serve with crusty bread. If not keen on mussels then replace with your favourite shellfish such as lobster or crayfish. Simply leave out stage one and add a splash of white wine to the stock.
Lesley Waters, owner, Lesley Waters Cookery School, Frome St Quintin, Dorset
- See more at: http://www.catererandhotelkeeper.co.uk/articles/3/7/2008/321943/plaice-edam-mussel-and-bacon-chowder-by-lesley-waters.htm#sthash.WNWb2uTV.dpuf