Creole Meuniere Sauce Food

CREOLE MEUNIERE SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine the lemon, worcestershire sauce, and hot sauce in a heavy sauce pan.
• Cook over medium heat until the liquid is thick and syrupy, whisking constantly.
• Whisk in the cream and reduce the heat to low.
• add the butter, one piece at a time, mixing until the butter has been completely incorporated after each addition.
• Remove from the heat and stir until smooth.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Strain through a fine strainer into a saucepot and keep warm. (This is the step we skip if in a hurry).

CREOLE MEUNIERE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium-sized nonreactive saucepan, combine the Worcestershire, onions, bay leaves, and lemons, and cook over medium-high heat. Mash the lemons down with the back of a spoon and bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer until mixture becomes slightly thick, about 8 to 10 minutes. Add cream and whisk to blend. Cook 1 minute. Add butter bit by bit, whisking constantly until completely melted and blended into the mixture. Add Creole seasoning and stir to incorporate. Strain sauce through a fine-meshed sieve or colander lined with cheesecloth. Garnish with scallions.

CREOLE MEUNIERE SAUCE

Steps:

• Prepare stock, reserve. Prepare beurre manie(kneaded butter) by combining 1/2 teaspoon butter and flour with a fork until thoroughly mixed and starts to form a ball. Combine reserved stock, Worcestershire , hot sauce and lemon in a heavy bottomed, small sauce pan. Cook over medium heat until liquid is reduced by half. Add beurre manie, a small piece at a time to thicken sauce to medium consistency. Simmer on low heat 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low heat to a very simmer and add butter, a little at a time, until incorporated. Season with salt and pepper. Turn off heat, strain sauce through a fine strainer and keep warm until ready to use.

CREOLE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, with a lid, over medium heat, add the oil. When the oil is hot, add the onions, celery, and green peppers. Season with salt and pepper. Saute the vegetables for 2 to 3 minutes or until the vegetables start to wilt. Stir in the garlic, tomatoes, and herbs. Continue to saute for 1 minute. Season the vegetables with salt, pepper and cayenne. Stir in the Worcestershire sauce and stock. Bring the liquid to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Cook for 12 minutes, covered, stirring occasionally. Stir in the green onions and stir in the butter. Serve warm.

SEA SCALLOPS WITH SAUCE MEUNIERE

Steps:

• Rinse scallops in cold water; pat dry with paper towels.
• In a large saute pan, heat 3 tablespoons butter on high heat until sizzling; add scallops.
• Immediately reduce heat to medium, and cook scallops 2 to 3 minutes per side until lightly browned, turning once.
• Melt the rest of the butter in with the scallops then add the chopped green onions and the garlic, tossing to coat and saute for 2 minutes.
• Add the wine and cook for 1 minute more.
• Remove from heat and season with salt and cayenne; sprinkle with the snipped parsley.
• Serve hot with a generous squeeze of fresh lemon.

CREOLE SHRIMP AND PASTA MEUNIERE

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling water until done. Drain.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in a small saucepan over very low heat. Add Worcestershire sauce, and hot sauces to taste; mix well. Stir in lemon juice, herb mix, bay leaf, and thyme. Keep warm, but do not simmer.
• Heat oil in large skillet. Saute shrimp in oil for 3 to 4 minutes, or just until shrimp turn pink. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon liquid from skillet. Remove and discard bay leaf. Add butter sauce, and stir well. Stir in parsley. Serve over angel hair pasta.

TROUT MEUNIèRE, OLD STYLE

Steps:

• 1. Combine the flour, Creole seasoning, and salt in a wide bowl. Rinse the trout fillets and pat dry. Dredge the fish in the seasoned flour and knock off the excess.
• 2. Make a medium-brown roux by melting the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. When it begins to bubble, add the remaining seasoned flour and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture turns a medium brown.
• 3. Put the stock into another saucepan and place over medium-high heat. Whisk the roux into the stock until dissolved. Add the lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, and vinegar, and simmer for 3 minutes, then remove the pan from the heat. Keep the sauce warm while you prepare the fish.
• 4. You can sauté the fish in butter if you like, but it's more common in New Orleans to fry it in abut an inch of oil heated to 375 degrees. Either way, cook until golden brown (about 2 minutes per side).
• 5. Spoon the sauce over the fish and serve with lemon wedges.