Best Pan Seared Sole With A White Wine Mustard Sauce And Zucchini Fritters And Rice Almandine With Cranberries Recipes

SAUTEED SOLE WITH LEMON

Steps:

• Combine flour, salt, and pepper in a shallow bowl. Dredge fish fillets in flour mixture, coating both sides, and shake off excess.
• Melt butter with oil in a saute pan over medium-high heat. When butter begins to foam, add fillets. Cook until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer each fillet to a serving plate.
• Add almonds, parsley, zest, and 2 tablespoons juice to pan. Spoon over fillets, and serve with lemon wedges.

CLASSIC SOLE MEUNIèRE

Steps:

• For fish:
• Place flour in pie dish. Rinse fish; pat with paper towels. Sprinkle both sides of fish with coarse salt and freshly ground pepper. Dredge fish on both sides with flour; shake off excess. Place on platter.
• Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat until oil is hot and shimmers. Add butter; quickly swirl skillet to coat. When foam subsides, add fish and cook until golden on bottom, 2 to 3 minutes. Carefully turn fish over and cook until opaque in center and golden on bottom, 1 to 2 minutes. Divide fish between 2 warmed plates; tent with foil. Pour off drippings from skillet; wipe with paper towels.
• For sauce:
• Place skillet over medium-high heat. Add butter; cook until golden, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in parsley and lemon juice (sauce may sputter). Spoon sauce over fish. Serve with lemon wedges.

FILLET OF SOLE IN WHITE WINE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Wash and dry fillets and season with salt and pepper.
• Arrange fillets in a buttered baking dish in a single layer and sprinkle with the green onions, melted butter, wine, parsely, thyme, and bay leaves.
• Cover with greased paper facing down, then cover dish and bake 20 minutes.
• Carefully remove fillets from baking dish.
• Strain pan juices into a small saucepan, add 1 tablespoon butter,and let melt.
• Blend in the flour, add the cream, and cook 4 minutes.
• Pour over fish and serve.

SOLE WITH MUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Place the yogurt in a paper-towel-lined sieve over a bowl and let drain for at least 3 hours.
• Melt the butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the sole and cook until just cooked through, about 3 minutes per side. Remove from the skillet, season with salt and pepper to taste and keep warm.
• Place the shallots in the skillet and saute until softened, about 30 seconds. Add the wine and stir frequently until reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Turn the heat to low and whisk in the mustard. Whisk in the yogurt and cook until just heated through. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon of salt and pepper to taste.
• Place 1 sole fillet on each of 4 plates, spoon the sauce over and sprinkle with the scallions. Serve immediately.

EASY SOLE MEUNIERE (BAREFOOT CONTESSA)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F.
• Have 2 heat-proof dinner plates ready.
• Combine the flour, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper in a large shallow plate.
• Pat the sole fillets dry with paper towels and sprinkle one side with salt.
• Heat 3 tablespoons of butter in a large (12-inch) saute pan over medium heat until it starts to brown.
• Dredge 2 sole fillets in the seasoned flour on both sides and place them in the hot butter.
• Lower the heat to medium-low and cook for 2 minutes. Turn carefully with a metal spatula and cook for 2 minutes on the other side.
• While the second side cooks, add 1/2 teaspoon of lemon zest and 3 tablespoons of lemon juice to the pan.
• Carefully put the fish filets on the ovenproof plates and pour the sauce over them.
• Keep the cooked fillets warm in the oven while you repeat the process with the remaining 2 fillets.
• When they're done, add the cooked fillets to the plates in the oven. Sprinkle with the parsley, salt, and pepper and serve immediately.

FILLETS OF SOLE IN WHITE WINE

Steps:

• Salt the fillets and place them in a greased ovenproof dish.
• Add the wine, 3 tbsp of butter and the chopped mushrooms.
• Cover and bake 20 minutes in a 350 oven.
• Make the sauce: melt the butter in a sauce pan, add the flour and stir.
• Pour the juices from the baked fish into the butter/flour mixture.
• Stir and simmer a couple of minutes.
• Pour the sauce over the fish and serve.

COD IN RED WINE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a skillet. Add onion and garlic and begin to saute. Cover and cook until softened, about 5 minutes (if onions begin to stick add a spoonful of water to the skillet and continue to cook).
• Add the red wine, clam juice, capers, and thyme and bring liquid to a boil. Simmer over low heat until reduced to 1/2 cup.
• Right before serving bring the sauce back to a simmer and add the fish. Cover and cook over very low heat until the fish is just cooked through, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and swirl in butter and parsley (don't worry if fish falls apart).
• Adjust seasoning and spoon in deep plates over rice, potatoes or garlic croutons.