Herb Crusted Atlantic Wreckfish With Fresh Citrus Beurre Blanc Recipes

SEARED SEA SCALLOPS WITH SAUTEED WILD MUSHROOMS, FRESH HERB SALAD, AND ROASTED GARLIC BEURRE BLANC

Steps:

• Beurre Blanc: Combine the shallots, lemon juice, wine, thyme, peppercorns, bay leaves, and roasted garlic in a small sauce pot. Bring to a boil and reduce until almost dry, leaving about 1/8 cup. Reduce heat to low and add the cream. Begin adding the butter, 1 cube at a time, whisking continuously. As each cube incorporates into the sauce, add another until all butter has been added. Strain through a fine mesh strainer. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. If you feel that the sauce is too acidic, add a bit of honey to balance the flavor. Be sure to use only a small amount of honey so as not to make the sauce taste too sweet. Cover and keep warm until ready to serve.
• Mushrooms: Place a saute pan over high heat and add enough canola oil to just cover the bottom of the pan. Allow the pan to preheat until you just begin to see light wisps of smoke coming from the pan. Add the mushrooms and begin to saute until the mushrooms are cooked halfway. Add the garlic and shallots to the pan and continue to saute, keeping the mushrooms moving at all times. When the mushrooms are just cooked through add the fresh herbs to the pan and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Taste the mushrooms and adjust the seasoning, if necessary. Cover and keep warm while you saute the scallops.
• Scallops: In a bowl, toss the sea scallops lightly in 1/2 cup canola oil. Season each scallop evenly on both sides with salt and pepper. Put a saute pan that is large enough to hold the scallops in 1 layer without them touching over high heat. Add enough canola oil to just cover the bottom of the pan. Allow the pan to preheat until you begin to see light wisps of smoke coming from the oil. Add the scallops to the pan carefully and allow them to get a deep golden brown color. Turn the scallops and allow the second side to get the same golden brown color. If you want the scallops to be more cooked, place the scallops in a preheated 350 degree F oven until they reach the desired doneness. Serve with mushrooms and drizzle with buerre blanc sauce.

POTATO-CRUSTED ALASKAN SALMON WITH ARUGULA, QUINOA SALAD AND LEMON BEURRE BLANC

Steps:

• Make the Vinaigrette: In a bowl, whisk together herbs and vinegar. While whisking, drizzle in the oil to make a smooth dressing. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Make the Quinoa Salad: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the quinoa and cook until tender. Strain and transfer to a bowl. Add the tomato, onion, parsley, oil, salt, pepper, and lemon juice. Set aside. (The salad can be made up to 3 days ahead of time and refrigerated. Bring to room temperature before serving.)
• Make the Salmon: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Peel and thinly slice the potatoes 1/8-inch thick on a mandoline. Pulse the olives in a food processor until roughly chopped (not pureed). Season the salmon with salt and pepper, arrange on a clean work surface, and coat the tops with the olive paste. Shingle the potato slices over the tops of the fillets, folding the slices down the sides. Season the potato slices with salt and pepper.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Place fillets in the skillet, potato side-down, and cook until lightly brown. Using a spatula, flip the fillets and transfer them to a baking sheet. Bake the salmon to the desired temperature, 7 minutes for medium-rare or 15 minutes for medium-well.
• Meanwhile, make the Beurre Blanc: In a non-reactive saucepan, combine the wine, shallot, lemongrass, and peppercorns. Bring to boil and reduce the liquid to about 2 tablespoons. Remove the pan from heat and let cool until bottom of the pan is just warm--not hot. Return the pan to low heat and whisk in butter a few pieces at a time to form a smooth sauce (the butter should emulsify, not melt.) Strain through a sieve and keep warm.
• When ready to serve, place some of the quinoa salad in center of 4 plates. Toss arugula in dressing and divide evenly among the plates. Place a salmon fillet on each plate and drizzle with beurre blanc and basil oil. Serve immediately.

SPICY ORANGE BEURRE BLANC

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except the cream, butter, and salt in a saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil
• and simmer until the liquid is reduced to approximately 3/4 a cup. Add the cream and slowly whisk in the butter, a little at a time. Be sure to incorporate the butter thoroughly after each addition. Season with salt. Set the sauce aside near the warm part of the stove to keep it from separating.

MUSTARD CRUSTED HALIBUT WITH BEURRE BLANC

Steps:

• Cut the butter in small cubes and put in a bowl. Set the bowl in ice water. (The butter should be very cold; otherwise it might melt too quickly and the sauce might break.) Place shallots in a medium stainless-steel saucepan. Add the white wine and wine vinegar. Boil the liquid over high heat until it is reduced to a scant 1 tablespoon. Just before serving, add the pieces of butter to the pan, 1 at a time, whisking well after each addition, until it has all been used. (The sauce should be fairly thick.) Add a little lemon juice to the sauce to taste. Season with salt and white pepper. If you're a purist, you'll want to strain the shallots out of the sauce before serving. Some chefs prefer to leave the shallots in; if you're among them, you might also want to mix finely minced parsley or tarragon into the sauce. And some chefs like to bolster the sauce with a little creme fraiche just before serving it. Keep sauce warm until needed. This sauce can be made up to 1 hour in advance and kept in a bain marie over warm water.;
• Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Season fillets well with salt and pepper. Cover fillets with mustard and place into a roasting pan. Cook fillets at 500 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove from pan to a plate and surround with beurre blanc. Serve.;

ALMOND CRUSTED CHICKEN CUTLETS WITH SCALLION BEURRE BLANC

Steps:

• Combine the scallions, white wine and 2 tablespoons cream in a saucepan over medium heat and reduce to 1/4 cup liquid, 5 to 6 minutes.
• While the sauce is working, beat egg and set chicken into it. Combine almonds, bread crumbs, nutmeg, salt and pepper, to taste, in a food processor and grind to combine. Cover a plate with plastic wrap to make for easy clean up after breading and pour almond and bread crumb mixture onto it. Remove chicken from the egg and coat in the bread crumb mixture.
• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
• Heat 3 tablespoons, 3 turns of the pan, oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium to medium high heat. Add cutlets and cook 3 minutes on each side, transfer to a plate and cover with foil and keep warm in the oven. Repeat with remaining chicken.
• Whisk 2 tablespoons cream into the sauce, a splash. Lower the heat on the sauce and whisk the butter into pot until it has incorporated. Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper, to your taste.
• Place 2 cutlets on each dinner plate and spoon a little beurre blanc sauce down over top of the cutlets.