Almond Flounder Food

ALMOND FLOUNDER RECIPE RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• •1. Whisk the ground almonds, flour, and zest together and season with salt and pepper. •2. Pat the fish fillets dry. Set up the fish, the egg yolk, and the ground almonds assembly line fashion. •3. Using a pastry brush, lightly coat one side of each fillet with a little of the beaten egg yolk. Coat the side that previously had skin. Dip the coated side of each fillet into the nut mixture. •4. Place a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon of the butter and a small pinch of salt, if your butter isn't salted, and cook the butter until it turns light brown, about 3 minutes. Slip the fillets into the skillet, nut side down, without crowding the skillet. Reduce the heat and cook until the coating is golden and the fish is cooked halfway through, 3 minutes or so. Season the exposed side of each fillet with salt and pepper, add another 1/2 tablespoon cold butter to the pan, and very gently turn the fillets. Cook, spooning some of the browned butter over the fillets once or twice, until the fish is opaque throughout, about 2 minutes more. If it looks like the pan is dry, add a little more butter. •5. Give each flounder fillet a squirt of lemon juice, then scatter over some toasted almonds and parsley. Have more lemon wedges at the table so you can give the fish another squeeze or two if needed.

PAN FRIED FLOUNDER WITH CAPER ALMOND DRESSING

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine almonds, raisins, capers, almond oil, and lemon juice; set aside.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium high heat; add mushrooms and cook until browned, but tender, about 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add green onions, season with salt and pepper, and cook until lightly browned, 3 minutes (keep warm).
• Meanwhile, sprinkle fish lightly with salt and let stand 5 minutes; rinse off salt and pat fish dry with paper towels.
• Heat 2 more tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet, over high heat, and cook fish (in batches if necessary, adding more oil as needed), until browned on the bottom; turn fish and cook until opaque, about 2 minutes longer.
• Serve the fish topped with the caper-almond dressing and the mushrooms and green onions along side.

ALMOND FLOUR

Steps:

• Place almonds, about 1/4 cup at a time, in the food processor. Pulse until you reach a flour-like consistency; sift into a container. Place any remaining almonds chunks back into food processor and pulse. Repeat until all almonds are transformed into flour. Cover container and store flour in refrigerator.

FLOUNDER WITH BANANAS, ALMONDS AND RUM

Steps:

• Warm oven to 200 degrees F. or lowest setting - to keep fish warm.
• Mix the flour with the salt and pepper on a large plate.
• Dredge the flounder in the flour, shake off excess, and dip in the beaten egg.
• Combine the butter and oil in a large saute pan and put over med-high heat.
• Add the flounder fillets and saute quickly, about 2-3 minutes per side.
• Remove from the pan and set aside in a warm oven.
• To the same pan, add the almonds and saute briefly, then add banana slices.
• Hold pan away from the heat (very important so it doesn't flame) and add rum. * Never pour rum directly from the bottle into a hot pan, since it is highly flamable.
• Return the pan to heat.
• Add the butter and nutmeg - adjust seasoning.
• Cook briefly and pour sauce over the flounder.
• Enjoy!