Flounder Rolls With Cherry Tomatoes And Spinach Food

FLOUNDER WITH SPINACH AND FETA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Lightly coat 2 quart baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Sprinkle fillets with salt and pepper to taste.
• If fillets are thick, place in a single layer in the baking dish, tucking under any thin edges. If using thin fillets, arrange evenly in baking dish, overlapping as necessary.
• In a large skillet, cook garlic in hot oil for 15 seconds. Add mushrooms and Italian seasoning. Cook and stir until mushrooms are tender.
• Stir in spinach and cook and stir until just wilted.
• Spoon this spinach mixture down the center of the of the fish in the baking pan. Cover with foil.
• Bake until fish flakes with a fork (about 6-8 minutes per 1/2 inch of thickness).
• Transfer fish and vegetables to a serving platter and sprinkle with feta cheese.
• Top with tomato if desired.

FLOUNDER STUFFED WITH ARUGULA AND SUN-DRIED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• In small saucepan, bring 2 cups of water to a boil over medium heat. Add potato, garlic and salt and cook until potato is tender, about 10 minutes. With slotted spoon, transfer potato and garlic to medium bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of cooking liquid and mash with a fork or potato masher. Stir in parmesan, pepper, nutmeg and a pinch of salt. Stir in arugula (liquid squeezed out)and sundried tomatoes.
• Lay flounder fillets on a work surface with skinned-side up. Sprinkle 2 tsp of lemon juice evenly over fish. Spoon arugula or spinach mixture onto fillets and roll up.
• Butter a baking pan.
• Place flounder rolls in buttered pan seam-side down. Sprinkle flounder with remaining 2 tsp lemon juice, olive oil, paprika and pine nuts. Bake 20 minutes, or until fish is cooked through.

FLOUNDER MEDITERRANEAN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Bring a saucepan of water to a boil. Plunge tomatoes into the boiling water and immediately remove to a medium bowl of ice water; drain. Remove and discard skins from tomatoes. Chop tomatoes and set aside.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; saute onion until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, garlic and Italian seasoning; cook until tomatoes are tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Mix in olives, wine, capers, lemon juice, and 1/2 the basil. Reduce heat, blend in Parmesan cheese, and cook until the mixture is reduced to a thick sauce, about 15 minutes.
• Place flounder in a shallow baking dish. Pour sauce over the fillets and top with remaining basil leaves.
• Bake 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until fish is easily flaked with a fork.

FLOUNDER FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Sprinkle spinach in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Top with fillets., In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Stir in flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg until blended. Gradually add milk. bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. , Pour over fillets; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and paprika. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

FLOUNDER ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the first seven ingredients; stir in egg. Spread over fillets; roll up and secure with toothpicks. Place seam side down in an ungreased 2-qt. baking dish. Combine the cream and sherry or broth; pour over roll-ups. , Cover and bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork and a thermometer inserted into stuffing reads 160°. Remove roll-ups and keep warm., In a small saucepan, melt butter; stir in flour until smooth. Add cream sauce from the baking dish. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat; stir in cheese until melted. Pour over roll-ups.