Best Paupiettes Of Sole With Spinach And Mushroom Stuffing Recipes

PAUPIETTES DE SOLE AU VERMOUTH (ROLLED SOLE FILLETS IN VERMOUTH SAUCE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Arrange the fillets skinned side up on a flat surface. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper to taste.
• Put the scallops into the container of a food processor or blender. Add the egg white and start blending. Gradually pour in the cream. Add salt and pepper to taste and Tabasco and blend.
• Spoon an equal portion of the scallop mixture on each fillet. Fold over the ends of the fillet to enclose the mixture.
• Select a shallow, heatproof baking dish large enough to hold the folded fillets in one layer. Rub it with the tablespoon of butter. Arrange the fillets, seam side down, over the dish. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Pour the vermouth over all.
• Place the dish on top of the stove and bring the liquid to the simmer. Cover closely with aluminum foil and place in the oven. Bake 15 minutes.
• Transfer the fish fillets to a hot serving platter and cover with foil to keep warm. Pour the pan liquid from the fish into a saucepan.
• Bring the liquid in the saucepan to the boil over high heat and cook down. As the liquid boils add any liquid that accumulates around the fish. Continue cooking down to one-third cup. Add the cream and cook down over high heat about four minutes. There should be about one cup. Line a mixing bowl with a strainer. Add the sauce and scrape to extract all the liquid from any solids in the sauce. Return the sauce to a saucepan and reheat.
• Add the lemon juice and pour the sauce over the fish. Serve sprinkled with parsley.

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.

SOLE ROLLS WITH WHITE WINE SAUCE (PAUPIETTES DE SOLE AU VIN BLANC)

Steps:

• Run the fingers lengthwise down the center of each fillet. If there is a tiny bone line at the end near the center base of each fillet, use a small paring knife to cut on either side of this bone line to remove it.
• Lay out the fillets on a flat surface, skinned side down. Using a flat mallet, pound each fillet lightly to flatten. Do not break the flesh.
• Spoon equal portions of the shrimp mousse into the center of each fillet. Roll up each fillet to enclose the filling. Fold the ends of each fillet over the mousse to enclose it.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Select a baking dish large enough to hold the paupiettes of sole comfortably in one layer. Rub the bottom of the dish with one teaspoon of the butter. Sprinkle the bottom of the dish with shallots, salt and pepper to taste.
• Arrange the paupiettes, seam side down, on the dish. Scatter the mushrooms between the paupiettes, cap side down.
• Pour the wine over all. Sprinkle the top with salt and pepper. Cover the dish with a round of wax paper, trimmed to fit neatly and compactly over the fish.
• Place the dish on the stove and bring the wine to the simmer.
• Place the dish in the oven and bake 10 minutes.
• Remove the dish. Using a spatula, transfer the paupiettes, one at a time, to a serving dish. Cover each paupiette with one mushroom cap, cap side up. Cover with foil and keep warm.
• Pour the cooking liquid into a skillet and bring to the boil. Cook over high heat until reduced to about one-half cup. Add any liquid that has accumulated around the covered fish fillets.
• Add the veloute and stir to blend. Add the cream and bring to the boil. Pour the sauce into a sieve, preferably of the sort known in French kitchens as a chinois. Strain the sauce, pushing it through with a wooden spoon. Bring this sauce to the boil in a saucepan.
• Off heat, swirl in the remaining two tablespoons of butter. When it is melted, add the lemon juice.
• Spoon the hot sauce over the paupiettes and serve.

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).