Spinach Stuffed Sole Food

SPINACH STUFFED BAKED SOLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and spray the bottom of a 9 by 9 casserole dish with cooking spray.
• Lay the fillets out onto a clean work surface. Evenly divide the spinach and artichoke dip, about 2 tablespoons for each fillet, and spread it over the length of the fillets. Roll each fillet up and place rolled-side down in the prepared casserole dish. Place the lemon wedges down the center of the casserole dish between the rolls and drizzle each with the lemon juice. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.
• Bake until the fish is opaque and cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes. Serve with Artichoke Ratatouille on the side.
• In a high-sided skillet, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the eggplant, vegetable stir-fry blend, artichokes hearts, garlic, red pepper flakes and season with salt and pepper. Saute until vegetables are almost completely cooked through, about 5 minutes. Add the diced tomatoes, cover and simmer on low until the eggplant is soft and the ratatouille is thickened slightly, 15 to 20 minutes. Just before serving, stir in the basil. Taste and adjust seasoning, if necessary.

SOLE ROLLS WITH SPINACH AND LEMON SLICES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees with rack in center. In a large saute pan, heat oil over low heat. Add shallot; cook, stirring frequently, until soft, about 2 minutes. Raise heat to medium; add spinach and salt, and season with pepper. Cook, tossing frequently, until wilted and bright green, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a colander, pressing down to remove liquid. Chop finely; squeeze out remaining liquid. Divide spinach into four equal parts.
• Slice lemon in half crosswise; grate zest of half, and combine with almonds and herbs in a small bowl; set aside. Slice other lemon half very thinly into rounds.
• Lay fillets flat on a work surface, prettiest side down; place one part spinach at the narrow end of each. Roll fish into a cylinder, enclosing spinach. Place in a gratin dish, with lemon rounds in between. Pour wine into dish. Sprinkle a quarter of the almond mixture on top of each roll; cover with parchment and then aluminum foil. Bake until fish is opaque and cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven; serve immediately.

CHEF JOHN'S CRAB-STUFFED SOLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly oil a baking dish.
• Combine crab, poblano pepper, panko bread crumbs, green onion, lemon juice, salt, and black pepper together in a bowl.
• Stir mayonnaise, lemon zest, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl.
• Place sole fillets, flat-side up, on a work surface. Season fillets with salt. Divide crab mixture between fillets and roll filets up around filling. Place rolled sole in the prepared baking dish.
• Spread 1/2 the mayonnaise mixture over the sides and tops of each sole roll to coat. Place remaining 1/2 the mayonnaise mixture in a piping bag. Pipe mayonnaise mixture in a zigzag pattern over the top of each roll and sprinkle paprika over the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned on top and fish flakes easily with a fork, 15 to 20 minutes.

SOLE STUFFED WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• Blanch fresh spinach if using, thaw frozen if using. Squeeze all excess moisture out, and chop if not already chopped.
• Place in bowl.
• Sauté mushrooms, onion, garlic till mushrooms are slightly golden, Season with salt, pepper and thyme.
• Add to spinach.
• Mix in rest of ingredients except fish.
• Tear off 8 pieces of plastic wrap about 4" x4".
• Place 2 Tbsp or so on one piece and roll up so that you have a little log about 3 inches long and about 1 inch in diameter. Do this with all the stuffing mixture.
• Place in a single layer in freezer for a couple of hours until frozen.
• Thoroughly thaw fish if frozen.
• Unwrap 1 stuffing portion for each piece of fish.
• Roll up fish around frozen stuffing.
• Place seam side down in baking dish.
• Season with salt and pepper & brush with melted butter.
• Bake 20 min at 350°F.
• Place unused portion of stuffing in a ziploc bag in freezer for future use.

PAUPIETTES OF SOLE WITH SPINACH AND MUSHROOM STUFFING

Steps:

• Sprinkle the fillets with salt and pepper and set aside.
• Pick over the spinach. Remove and discard any tough stems and blemished leaves. Rinse and drain the spinach well. There should be about 8 cups loosely packed. Set aside.
• Heat the butter in a skillet and add the shallots. Cook briefly, stirring, and add the mushrooms, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Cook, stirring, until the mushrooms are wilted. Add the spinach and cook until wilted. Continue cooking until all the moisture evaporates.
• Scrape the mixture into a bowl and add the egg yolk. Let stand until cool.
• Place the fillets of fish on a flat surface, skinned side up. Spoon an equal portion of the spinach and mushroom mixture onto the center of each fillet. Roll the fillets jellyroll style to enclose the filling.
• Bring a quantity of water to the boil in the bottom of a steamer. Arrange the rolled fillets, seam side down, on a steamer rack. Set the rack over the steamer bottom. Steam five minutes. Serve hot with a ginger butter sauce (see recipe).

SPINACH-STUFFED SOLE

Steps:

• In a microwave safe casserole microcook spinach, uncovered on 100% power, high, 3 to 5 minutes or till thawed, breaking up with a fork after 2 minutes.
• Press to drain well.
• Stir together egg white, croutons, cottage, cheese, carrot, and sauce, stir in spinach.
• Spray four 10 oz microwave safe custard cups with veggie spray.
• Line cups with fillets, trimming and piecing as necessary.
• Fill centres with spinach mixture.
• Cover with waxed paper, or film.
• Cook on high 5 to 6 minutes or till fish just flakes and stuffing is hot, rotating and rearranging cups once.
• Fresh spinach may be used, just bypass #1 of the instructions and dry bread crumbs can replace the croutons.

STUFFED SOLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Lightly butter a baking pan. Heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet. Add onion and carrot, cover and cook for 10 minutes or until soft. Remove cover, add shrimp and saute for a couple of minutes just until shrimp turn pink and are firm to the touch. Remove mixture to a food processor and blend with heavy cream, lemon juice, tarragon and breadcrumbs until mixture is pureed. Season with salt and pepper. Place some stuffing on one half of each sole filet. Fold other half over the stuffing and transfer the filet to a baking dish. Drizzle remaining tablespoon of olive oil over the stuffed sole; season with salt and pepper. Bake, covered for 20 to 25 minutes or until flesh is cooked through and white and stuffing is hot.