Seafood And Spinach Mornay

SEAFOOD AND SPINACH MORNAY

Steps:

• Heat a small amount of olive oil in a pan, add onion and garlic, cook until onion softens, add wine, stir until hot.
• Mix some water with the cornflour, add some of the cornflour to the onion, garlic mix, just enough to thicken slightly, add milk, fish stock, cheese and dill, cook stirring until cheese melts, add remaining cornflour mix and stir until mixture thickens. (don't worry if it seems real thick as you still have to add the cream).
• Add fish, prawns, scallops and spinach, cook stirring gently until spinach wilts about 3 minutes, add cream stir to combine.Remove from heat.
• In a fry pan melt butter, add panko flakes and parsley, stir to combine.
• Pour fish mixture into an oven proof dish, top with panko mix and sprinkle extra cheese over the top. Bake in a moderate oven (180c) for about 20 Min's or until golden brown.
• To Serve: Place in serving bowls and garnish with dill if desired.

LOBSTER MORNAY SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Slowly cook and stir mushrooms in the butter until tender. Mix in lobster meat. Cook until opaque. Remove mushrooms and lobster from saucepan and set aside.
• Reduce heat to low. Place flour in pan. Cook and stir approximately 2 minutes, then stir in chicken broth, heavy cream and pepper. Simmer 5 to 10 minutes, or until thickened.
• Stir mushrooms, lobster and Parmesan cheese into the sauce mixture. Continue cooking 5 minutes.

MORNAY SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat a medium sized saucepan over medium-high heat and when hot, add the butter. When the butter melts, add the flour and start whisking. You want to be careful not to let the butter burn or the flour to turn brown. It's only going to take a minute to a minute and a half for the roux to start turning a pale yellow.
• Slowly add the milk in a stream while constantly whisking and whisking some more. Bring the sauce to a boil and immediately lower the heat to a simmer and continue cooking for 3 to 4 minutes, being careful not to let the sauce burn by whisking frequently.
• Remove the pan from the heat and add the nutmeg, season with salt & pepper and stir. You now have a bechamel sauce.
• Still off heat, add the grated cheese and whisk until all the cheese melts into the sauce. It should be thick and smooth.
• Taste and adjust seasoning with salt & pepper and you now have Mornay sauce.

BAKED OYSTERS MORNAY

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 375F.
• Place the oyster tins (or shells) on a baking sheet and place one oyster in each tin.
• Mix together the parmesan and Panko bread crumbs. Set aside.
• In a sauce pan over medium heat add the butter. When the butter is melted stir in the flour. Let the flour and butter cook for a minute or two and then slowly whisk in the warm milk. Just as the sauce thickens add the 1/4 cup white wine. Then stir in the pinch of nutmeg and shredded cheese. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Lightly salt and pepper the cooked spinach and place a little on each oyster. Then drizzle a tablespoon or two of Mornay sauce over the spinach and then top with the parmesan and Panko bread crumbs mixture.
• Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake until bubbly and the tops are golden brown. Often times the tops don't brown well enough for me, so I place the baking sheet under the broiler for a minute to get the color I like.
• Remove the oysters from the oven and give them a squeeze of lemon. Serve immediately with Tabasco.

CLASSIC MORNAY SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the flour and cook, stirring constantly, until the roux is pale yellow and frothy, about 1 minute. Do not allow the roux to brown. Slowly whisk in the milk and continue to whisk until the sauce thickens and comes to a boil, about 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce the heat to a simmer and season with the salt, pepper and nutmeg. Allow to simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. This is now called a bechamel sauce, and may be used as is to top any number of dishes.
• Stir in the cheese and whisk until melted. If the sauce seems to thick, thin with a little milk.
• The sauce is now called a Mornay Sauce. Pour over steamed vegetables and serve immediately. If not using right away, cool, cover surface with plastic wrap and refrigerate for several days.

TUNA MORNAY (CREAMY TUNA CASSEROLE PASTA BAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F.
• Crunchy Topping - Mix together.
• Cook pasta per packet directions MINUS 1 minute. Drain then allow to cool slightly, then return into pot.
• White Sauce - Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
• Add flour and stir into melted butter. While whisking, gradually pour in about 1/3 of the milk. Once the flour-butter mixture is incorporated into the milk, pour in remaining milk and whisk.
• Add Vegeta, mustard, onion and garlic powder, whisk.
• When the milk starts to heat up, whisk constantly to make sure the white sauce doesn't catch on the base.
• After 4 - 5 minutes, the sauce should be thick enough that you can draw a path across the back of a spoon (see video). Remove from stove and stir in parmesan.
• Assemble & Bake - Add tuna into pasta and flake into large chunks with fork (not too much, don't want it to turn to mush when stirred). Add corn, pour over sauce, then gently stir.
• Scrape into baking dish, top with Crunchy Topping.
• Bake 25 minutes until top is golden and edges are bubbling. Sprinkle with chives if desired then serve!

CLASSIC MORNAY SAUCE

Steps:

• Gather your ingredients.
• In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, melt 3 tablespoons of the butter over medium-low heat.
• Stir in the flour to form a roux . Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring frequently, until most of the water has cooked out (it will bubble less), which also allows the raw flour taste to cook off.
• Slowly add 2 1/2 cups of the warm milk while whisking or stirring constantly so that the liquid is incorporated into the roux without forming lumps.
• Stick the cloves into the onion and add to the sauce along with the bay leaf. Simmer for about 10 minutes, or until it's reduced by about 20 percent.
• Remove the bay leaf and the onion and strain the sauce through a fine-mesh strainer or a colander lined with cheesecloth. Make sure you retrieve all of the cloves.
• Return the sauce to the pan. Add the Gruyère and Parmesan cheeses and stir until the cheese has melted.
• Remove from heat, stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon butter, and adjust the consistency with some or all of the remaining 1/2 cup milk if necessary. Serve right away with pasta, chicken, or fish. Enjoy!

SEAFOOD MORNAY - GOOD CREPE FILLER

Steps:

• Soak (or defrost) the scallops in the milk for an hour. Then remove scallops from the milk and save the milk for your mornay.
• Chop up the fish, prawn flesh, scallops and shallots.
• Using oil pan fry the fish, remove and set aside, the prawns, remove and set aside, the scallops, remove and set aside and the shallots.
• In a separate pan, to make the mornay sauce, add butter and melt, stir in about 4-5 tablespoons of flour and mix into a paste. Slowly add the milk mixing as you go.
• Continue to stir until heating towards a boil and start adding the cheese to thicken.
• Add white wine, continue stirring and add the shallots and the cooked seafood. Stir through to blend the flavours.
• Add salt & pepper to taste.
• Serve over cooked steamed rice.