Fillet Of Sole With Bacon And Scallions Recipes

LEMONY SOLE WITH GREEN OLIVES, BACON, AND CAPERS

Steps:

• Dredge the fillets in the flour and season with salt and pepper. Preheat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the oil and butter and heat until hot. Add the fillets and cook, turning once, until just cooked through, about 4 minutes. Divide the fillets among warm plates.
• Remove the skillet from the heat, add the olives, capers, and bacon, and stir, scraping up the browned bits from the bottom, until the mixture has warmed through. Add the Beurre Blanc and parsley and stir to combine. Spoon the sauce over the fillets and serve immediately with rice.
• Combine the wine and shallot in a medium saucepan, bring to a boil, and cook until reduced by half. Add the cream and continue reducing until just thickened. Reduce the heat to low. While whisking constantly, add the butter, little by little, waiting for each addition to be incorporated before adding more, to make a smooth sauce. Whisk in the lemon juice and season with salt and pepper. Set aside in a warm area. (The sauce may break if it's too hot or too cold.)

FILET OF SOLE WITH PINE NUTS AND CHIVES

Steps:

• In a large non-stick skillet sauté pine nuts in 1 tablespoon of butter over moderately high heat, stirring, until golden. Add chives. Remove skillet from heat and transfer mixture with slotted spoon to a dish.
• Season sole with salt and pepper and dredge in flour, shaking off excess. In the skillet heat remaining tablespoon butter over moderately high heat until foam subsides and sauté sole until it just flakes, about 1 minute on each side. Transfer sole to plates and spoon pine nut mixture over it.

FILLETS OF SOLE PAVILLON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Run the fingers lengthwise down the center of each fillet. There may be a tiny bone line at the end near the center base of each fillet. If there is, use a small paring knife and cut on either side of this boneline to remove it. Arrange the fillet halves skinned side up on a flat surface.
• Split each fillet down the center lengthwise.
• Rub the bottom of a baking dish with one teaspoon of the butter. Scatter the shallots over it. Scatter the mushrooms over the dish and arrange the tomatoes evenly over the mushrooms. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Fold each piece of fillet in half. Arrange the folded fillet pieces neatly and compactly in one layer over the tomatoes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Pour the wine over all. Cover closely with a round of wax paper.
• Place the baking dish on top of the stove and bring to the simmer.
• Place in the oven and bake five minutes.
• Using a spatula, transfer the pieces of fillet to a warm ovenproof serving dish. Cover with foil and keep warm.
• Bring the pan sauce with the mushroom slices to the boil. Add the fish stock. Cook down over high heat until reduced to about one and one-half cups. Stir in the veloute.
• Add three-quarters cup of the cream and bring to the boil. Cook, stirring, about five minutes. Off heat, swirl in the remaining two tablespoons of butter. Add the parsley.
• Whip the remaining one-quarter cup of heavy cream until it holds peaks but is not stiff. Beat in the egg yolk. Add six tablespoons of the whipped cream mixture to the sauce. Discard the rest (it is almost impossible to whip less than one-quarter cup of cream).
• Preheat the broiler to high.
• Spoon the sauce over the fish fillets. Place under the broiler and leave the door open. Let stand under the broiler heat about two or three minutes until golden brown and bubbling on top.