Provencal Sauce For Dover Sole Food

DOVER SOLE MEUNIERE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place the flour in a shallow dish large enough for the whole fish. Season the flour with salt and pepper. Dredge the fish to lightly coat and set aside.
• In a saute pan large enough to fit the whole fish, heat the clarified butter over medium-high heat. When the fat begins to lightly smoke, place the fish in the pan and cook, without moving, until browned, about 4 minutes. Turn the fish over and repeat on the other side. Transfer the fish to the oven on a sheet tray fitted with a rack. Cook until tender and cooked through at the thickest part of the spine, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Heat the same saute pan with the high-fat butter it butter begins to lightly brown. Add the lemon juice (as much or as little as you like) to stop the cooking. Add the capers and finish with the parsley. Taste the sauce and season if necessary with more pepper but not salt because of the capers.
• Rest the fish, then serve whole with the sauce poured over the top.

PAN-FRIED DOVER SOLE WITH WARM TOMATO COMPOTE

Steps:

• Make the compote. Heat the oil in a large, non-stick frying pan, then sizzle the shallots for 2 mins until starting to soften. Season with salt, pepper and the sugar. Add the tomatoes, then cook for 2-3 mins over a high heat until they start to release their juice. Drizzle over the vinegar, bubble for a few mins, turn off the heat, then scatter over the coriander. Transfer to a plate.
• Now start the fish. With a large chef's knife, cut off the head just past the gill (you can use this for stock). Using a pair of kitchen scissors, trim away the frills from either side of the fish. Squeeze out any roe from the cavity then pick out and wash away any blood. Pat dry with kitchen paper. You will now have a trimmed slipper-shaped fish ready to be pan-fried.
• In a large, shallow dish mix the flour with cayenne pepper and season with salt. Dip each fish in the seasoned flour to completely coat, then pat off the excess. Set the fish aside.
• Heat the oil in a large, non-stick frying pan until hot. Place the floured fish in the pan, skinned side down. Shake the pan a little, then cook the fish, undisturbed, for about 4 mins until golden brown.
• Using a fish slice, carefully turn the fish over, then continue to cook on the underside for 2-3 mins until it has shrunk and is starting to come away from the bone. Add the pieces of butter to the outside of the pan and let them sizzle into the oil.
• Fry the fish for another 2-3 mins, constantly spooning the buttery oil over it to finish the cooking and keep it moist.
• Squeeze the lemon half through your fingers over the fish and cook for about 30 secs longer. Remove from the heat, then rest the fish in the pan for 2 mins.
• To remove the bones, sit the fish on a board, skinned side up. Run a fine fish slice or filleting knife down the natural line in the centre of the fish. Push the fillets away from bone, but leave them attached to the outside of the fish. Working from the head end of the fish, slowly pull the main skeleton out, easing the fillets aside as the bone comes loose. Carefully push the fillets back to reform so it resembles the whole fish again.
• Serve on a large plate with the tomatoes and some buttered new potatoes.

PAN-FRIED DOVER SOLE

Steps:

• Spread crushed crackers onto a plate. Pour eggs into a shallow dish.
• Place fish in a 1-gallon plastic bag and add flour; gently shake until completely coated.
• Heat oil in a large, non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Dip each flour-coated piece of fish in the egg, allowing excess to drip back into dish. Press coated fish in the cracker crumbs until evenly coated.
• Fry fish in the hot oil until lightly browned and fish flakes easily with a fork, about 5 minutes per side. Season fish with dill and salt.

PROVENCAL SAUCE FOR DOVER SOLE

Steps:

• For fish: Preheat oven to 375°F and heat large oval sauté pan over medium high heat. Season the fish with salt and pepper; lightly dust flesch side with flour; coat pan with oil and add fish, flour side down. Cook until golden brown. Turn over and finish in oven for 8-10 minutes. Meanwhile make the sauce.
• For sauce: Heat sauté pan over medium heat and add oil, shallots and garlic and cook until golden (toasted).
• Add wine, tomato paste, and tomatoes or fruit depending, and cook down until tomatoes or fruit begin to break down.
• Add vegetable broth and season with salt and pepper. Finish with fresh herbs.

SOLE PROVENCAL

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onion and celery in oil, until tender. Add tomatoes, parsley, bay leaves, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer gently for 20 minutes. Add sole fillets and continue cooking for 10 minutes; or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Remove fish to a warm platter. If thicker sauce is desired, add a small amount of flour and cook until mixture is thickened and starts to boil.

DOVER SOLE A LA MEUNIERE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly dredge Dover sole in seasoned flour. Heat 1 1/2-ounces of olive oil in a medium pan until it begins to smoke. Saute sole until golden brown on each side (about 1 to 2 minutes per side). Finish in oven for 4 minutes. Debone sole.
• Sauce: Add 2 ounces of whole butter to a small fry pan and heat until the butter gets brown. Add white wine, lemon, parsley salt and pepper. Pour over sole.

SOLE FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Melt 4 tbls butter in a large frying pan, over medium low heat. Add the juice of one lemon.
• Put flour on a paper plate.
• In a separate low dish, mix the water with the beaten eggs.
• Dust the filets with flour, then dip both sides in the beaten egg.
• Fry gently on each side until fish laked easily.
• Remove fish to a heated plate.
• Add the rest of the butter and lemon juice to the frying pan.
• Add the spinach, turning gently until just "wilted".
• Serve spinach under each serving of fish.

STUFFED DOVER SOLE

Steps:

• Use your food processor for this recipe. If you don't have one (really try to borrow one from a neighbor). I have not tried to do this any other way.
• Most Dover Soles have a natural crease in the middle, if yours does not, make one vertical ( so you can fold it) Left to right or right to left.
• Place Dover Soles in small Baking Dish (ungreased).
• In food processor, place shrimp, lobster tail, Crab, Onion, Parsley, 1 Tablespoon of White wine and Puree'(but not that much, you want texture, I think I Puree the ingredeints for about 1-3 seconds.
• Spoon out the mixture 3 teaspoons and place on one half of the Dover(spread evenly). and then do the same on the other Dover Sole. Fold the side that has no mixture over to the other side that has the mixture (taco shaped).
• Add 1/4 cup of White Wine and 1 tablespoon of butter to the bottom of the baking dish, so put this mixture in After you stuff the Dover Soles. The butter does not have to melted, it will melt when it cooks in the oven.
• Preheated oven of 325.
• Cook for 20-25 mins.
• In between cooking spoon White wine and butter mixture over the Dover Sole to keep it moist. When you remove the Dover Soles from the Baking Dish throw the liquid mixture away. Serve with Tartar Sauce.
• Goes perfect with Salad, Vegetable, or Rice.

DOVER SOLE FILLETS WITH CASHEW CHUTNEY

Steps:

• For the chutney (prep time includes marinating chutney, you can make the night before), mix all ingredients and allow flavors to mingle for about 3 hours- if you are in a pinch, it's fine to marinate it for less time.
• Rinse fillets and pat dry-- make sure they are not slippery at all.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Put olive oil in the bottom of a baking dish, tilt to coat bottom.
• Combine ginger garlic paste with tumeric, chili powder, cumin and salt and rub this all over the fillets on both sides.
• Take each fillet and place about 3 tablespoons of chutney near the wide end and roll it up.
• Place fillet rolls seam side down in the oiled dish.
• Bake in preheated oven.
• Fish are done when they flake with a fork, about 30 minutes (watch closely; if your fillets are a little smaller or they are rolled a little bigger, the cooking time will vary).
• Serves 4- 8, depending on the size of your fillets- we serve 2 per person.

GRILLED DOVER SOLE WITH HORSERADISH CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat the grill until very hot. Place the fish fillets on a rack in a single layer, spray with oil, and season well. Grill for 8-10 minutes, or until the fish is cooked through.
• Meanwhile, make the horseradish cream by mixing all the ingredients in a bowl until smooth. Season well and serve alongside the grilled fish.

DILLY DOVER SOLE

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 350.
• Spray a cookie sheet or large baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Rinse fish off in cold water & lay on pan or cookie sheet, blot dry with paper towel.
• Combine the olive oil and lemon juice in a small bowl.
• Combine the dill, garlic powder & onion powder in another small bowl. (Fresh parsley and dill can be used in place of the dried).
• Brush the oil & lemon mixture on each piece of fish, using a pastry brush.
• Lightly sprinkle the herb mixture over each piece of fish.
• Bake for 6-8 minutes. It is done when it lightly flakes when you touch it slightly with a fork.
• Serve and Enjoy!