Shad Fillets Braised With Wild Mushrooms And Tomatoes Food

SHAD FILLETS BRAISED WITH WILD MUSHROOMS AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Place the fish, skin side down, in a glass or ceramic baking dish. Cover with the wine, lemon juice, garlic, onion, bay leaf and peppercorns. Marinate for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Transfer the fish to a clean baking dish. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the marinade over the fish. Arrange the fresh mushrooms over the top. Add the tomatoes. Cover tightly with foil and bake until the small bones dissolve, about 3 to 4 hours.
• Meanwhile, place the dried mushrooms and water in a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer gently for 30 minutes. Stir in the salt, sugar and soy sauce. Add the scallion and simmer until reduced to 1 cup, about 25 minutes. Strain. Set aside.
• Remove the fish from the oven. Cut the fillets in half and divide among 4 plates, with the mushrooms over the fish. Spoon the sauce over the shad and serve immediately.

FILET MIGNON WITH MUSTARD CREAM AND WILD MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• 1. Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a large, heavy nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add the mushrooms and 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 6 minutes.
• 2. Wipe out the skillet. Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon butter in the skillet over high heat until hot. Sprinkle the beef generously with salt and pepper. Sear over medium-high heat, turning once halfway through, until browned, about 12 minutes for medium. Transfer the beef to a platter.
• 3. Add the shallots to the skillet and cook over medium heat, stirring, until golden, about 3 minutes. Add the mustard and heavy cream and bring to a boil, cooking until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes. Stir in the parsley. Spoon the sauce on a plate; place the beef on the sauce and scatter the mushrooms over top. Garnish with additional parsley, if desired.

BROILED FILET OF SHAD

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler. Place the shad, skin side down on a rack in a baking pan and season with salt and pepper. Broil the shad, about 6 inches away from the heat source until the top is lightly browned and fish is cooked through, about 8 to 10 minutes, depending upon how thick it is. (You do not turn it) When done, set on a bed of tomato garnish and serve with buttered spinach or other greens.

SIMPLE BRAISED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat a large straight-sided skillet over medium high heat. Add the oil and heat another 30 seconds. Add the shallot and 1/2 teaspoon of the salt to the hot pan and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes or until fragrant and beginning to soften. Add the mushrooms to the pan along with another 1/2 teaspoon salt and the thyme. Cook, stirring often, until the mushrooms have let off some of their juices are beginning to brown, about 10 minutes.
• Deglaze with the Marsala, if using, and add the broth and remaining salt. Reduce the heat to low to maintain a gentle simmer. Cover and cook for 5 minutes. Uncover the pan, increase the heat to medium and cook until the liquid has reduced by half, about an additional 5 minutes. Discard the thyme sprigs, stir in the butter and serve.

SAUTEED SHAD FILLET WITH LEMON

Steps:

• In a shallow bowl, combine flour, salt, and pepper and dredge fish in seasoned flour. In a saute pan over medium heat, heat oil until hot. Add fish to pan and cook until well browned on both sides. Remove fish and blot on paper. Return saute pan to heat. Add butter, let melt, and cook until brown. Add lemon juice, allow to sizzle, and add chopped parsley. Plate fish and drizzle lemon butter over top. Serve with asparagus.;

FILET D'ALOSE RIVIERA (SHAD WITH MUSHROOMS AND TOMATOES)

Steps:

• Split fillet in half crosswise. Sprinkle pieces with salt and pepper and place in small, flat basin of milk. Remove fish pieces from milk without draining. Put pieces in flour to coat on both sides.
• Heat corn or other oil in frying pan, and add fish pieces skin side up. Cook about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes over high heat or until golden brown on one side. Carefully turn pieces and continue cooking on second side over moderately low heat 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer pieces to two warm serving plates.
• Slice mushrooms thin. There should be about two cups.
• Heat olive oil in skillet, and add mushrooms and salt and pepper to taste. Cook, stirring, about 2 minutes. Add garlic and butter and swirl and stir around until butter melts.
• Meanwhile, heat tomatoes in small saucepan, and cook down for about 5 minutes.
• Spoon half of tomatoes onto each fish piece. Pour mushrooms over and sprinkle with parsley.

SEARED BEEF WITH WILD MUSHROOMS & BALSAMIC

Steps:

• Rub the beef with 1 tbsp oil, rosemary and garlic, then leave in the fridge for at least 1 hr, or up to 24 hrs. Make sure the beef returns to room temperature before you cook it.
• Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Heat a non-stick, ovenproof frying pan or roasting tin until very hot. Rub most of the garlic and rosemary from the beef, season with black pepper and flaky salt, then sear on all sides until dark brown and almost crusted - about 5 mins in total. Transfer the pan to the oven, then roast the beef for 10 mins for mediumrare. Leave to rest for a good 15 mins and keep any juices.
• While the meat rests, sauté the mushrooms. Heat 1 tbsp butter and the remaining oil in a large frying pan, then tip in the mushrooms with plenty of seasoning. Fry until golden and just softened, then tip into a bowl.
• Add the stock to the mushroom pan, then reduce by two-thirds. Tip in the mushrooms and balsamic, then add the remaining butter and let it melt. Tip in any meat juices, then season to taste and keep warm. Thickly slice the beef and spoon over the sauce. Serve with mash and spinach.