Fiddlehead Ferns Steamed With A Creamy Dijon Sauce Food

SAUTEED FIDDLEHEAD FERNS

Steps:

• Remove the dry, sheathlike papery particles from the fiddleheads. Fill a medium bowl with cool water; add 1 teaspoon salt and the lemon juice. Add ferns, and push them down into the water several times to clean them. Transfer to paper towel to drain.
• On a steamer rack set over an inch of water in a saucepan, steam fiddleheads, covered, until tender, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add fiddleheads, and cook 1 to 2 minutes on each side, until golden. Season with salt and pepper, and serve.

CREAMY CHICKEN AND FIDDLEHEADS

Steps:

• Whisk together 1/4 cup Italian salad dressing, Greek seasoning, and garlic in a glass or ceramic bowl. Add chicken; turn to coat. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and marinate in the refrigerator for 15 minutes or up to overnight.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add fiddleheads, and cook until bright green, about 2 minutes. Drain in a colander and immediately immerse in ice water for several minutes until cold to stop the cooking process. Drain well and set aside.
• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Remove the chicken from the marinade, discard the unused marinade, and fry chicken, turning occasionally, until golden brown on the outside and no longer pink at the center, about 15 minutes. Remove chicken from the pan, place into a serving dish, and keep warm.
• Stir fiddleheads into the same skillet with remaining 1/4 cup Italian salad dressing, white wine, and brown sugar. Cook and stir until fiddleheads are tender, about 7 minutes.
• Whisk flour and water together in a small bowl, and stir flour mixture into fiddleheads. Bring sauce to a simmer, and continue cooking until sauce thickens, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Pour fiddleheads and sauce over chicken breasts and serve immediately.

SAUTEED FIDDLEHEADS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook fiddlehead ferns in the boiling water until barely tender, 7 to 10 minutes; drain.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in the prepared fiddlehead ferns, garlic, and the salt and pepper. Cook and stir until ferns are tinged lightly brown and tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and sprinkle with lemon juice.

SAUTéED FIDDLEHEAD FERNS RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil.
• Trim fiddlehead ferns, removing any brown ends or mushy parts. Rinse in cool water. Do this just before cooking-the added moisture will make these delicate fronds spoil if done too far in advance.
• Transfer the fiddleheads to the water and boil until tender, about 15 minutes.
• Drain and rinse with cold water until cool, or shock in a bowl of ice water to cool, then drain.
• Arrange in a single layer on clean kitchen towels or paper towels. Pat dry.
• Heat the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat until it melts. Add the fiddleheads. Cook, stirring frequently, until they start to brown on the edges, about 4 minutes.
• Add the garlic, and cook, stirring constantly, until garlic is fragrant, about 30 seconds. Salt to taste and serve.

STEAMED FIDDLEHEADS WITH HORSERADISH SCALLION SAUCE

Steps:

• In a steamer set over boiling water steam the fiddleheads for 5 minutes, or until they are crisp-tender, transfer them with a slotted spoon to a bowl of ice and cold water to stop the cooking, and transfer them to paper towels to drain. In a small bowl whisk together the yogurt, the mayonnaise, the lemon juice, the mustard, the horseradish, the scallion, and salt and pepper to taste, whisking until the sauce is smooth, and serve the fiddleheads topped with the sauce.
• To clean fresh-picked fiddleheads
• Snap off the crisp, bright green fiddlehead tops from ostrich ferns, leaving about 2 inches of stem attached. Rub off the dry brown casings by hand or put the fiddleheads in a wire salad basket and whirl the basket outdoors to remove the casings. Let the fiddleheads soak in a sink half full of cold water, changing the water several times to remove any grit or casing particles, and drain them. The fiddleheads keep, covered and chilled, for 1 week.

FIDDLEHEAD FERNS

Steps:

• Before you're ready to cook cut about 1/8-inch off the thick ends if they look brown and rinse the fern shoots thoroughly to get rid of the brown fuzzy chaff that clings to their sides. Dry the shoots thoroughly before cooking by first spinning them in a lettuce spinner and then patting them with paper towels. Melt butter in a pan at medium heat. Add garlic, parsley and fiddleheads to the pan. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Saute for 5 minutes or until they are done.

DEEP FRY THOSE FIDDLEHEAD FERNS

Steps:

• Wash and clean all brown spots off ferns. Trim stems.
• Blanch by putting them in boiling water for 2 minutes then into ice water to stop the cooking.
• Mix flour, salt and baking powder in small bowl.
• Stir in oil and milk.
• Beat to a smooth, creamy consistancy but do not overbeat.
• Heat 1/2 cup oil in small skillet over high heat.
• Dip fiddleheads in batter, then inot hot fat.
• Turn over until golden brown on both sides.
• Drain on paper towels.
• Serve hot.

FIDDLEHEAD FERNS STEAMED WITH A CREAMY DIJON SAUCE

Steps:

• Clean and prepare fiddleheads:.
• Remove scales and wash thoroughly. Place fiddleheads in a vegetable steamer over boiling water sprinkle garlic over them.
• Cover and steam 20 minutes or until tender, but still crisp. Set aside, and keep warm.
• Sauce:.
• Combine cornstarch and buttermilk in a small saucepan; stir well. Cook over medium heat until thickened and bubbly, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in mustard, lemon juice, tarragon and pepper.
• Arrange fiddleheads on a serving platter, spoon sauce over fiddleheads. Granish with lemon slices.
• Serve immediately.