SAUTéED FILLET OF SKATE WITH CARAMELIZED APPLES AND CHICKEN LIVER

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Sautéed Fillet of Skate with Caramelized Apples and Chicken Liver image

Provided by Anita Lo

Categories     Fish     Fruit     Sauté     Mother's Day     Dinner     Apple     Seafood     Advance Prep Required     Peanut Free     Tree Nut Free     Soy Free

Yield Serves 4

Number Of Ingredients 23

For the sauce:
4 1/2 tablespoons butter
1 onion, finely diced
3 tablespoons brandy
3/4 cup chicken stock
1/2 teaspoon salt
Black pepper to taste
For the apples:
2 1/2 tablespoons neutral-flavored vegetable oil
1 1/2 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cup finely diced Granny Smith apples
2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
Pinch of salt
For the chicken livers and skate:
4 tablespoons neutral-flavored vegetable oil
1 tablespoon butter
6 ounces chicken livers, finely diced
4 (5 1/2-ounce) fillets skate
Salt and black pepper to taste
Wondra flour
1 lemon, halved
To serve:
1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives

Steps:

  • Make the sauce:
  • Heat a saucepan over high heat. Add 3 tablespoons of the butter and swirl. Add the onion and lower the heat to medium. Cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown. Add the brandy, then the stock, and bring to a boil. Cook until reduced by one third, then swirl in the remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons butter. Season with the salt and pepper and keep warm.
  • Make the apples:
  • Heat a sauté pan over high heat and add the oil. When just smoking, add the butter and apples and sauté for about a minute. Add the sugar and salt and cook until caramelized. Remove to a warm plate.
  • Make the chicken livers and skate:
  • Heat two large sauté pans over high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil and the butter to one pan and 3 tablespoons oil to the other. On a plate, season the livers and skate with salt and pepper and dust lightly with Wondra. When the oil in the pans is smoking, add the livers to the pan with the butter and the skate, whitest side down, to the other pan. Lower the heat to medium-high and cook until golden brown. Turn the skate and finish cooking on the other side. Squeeze lemon juice over the fish.
  • To serve:
  • Pour some sauce in the center of a serving plate, followed by the skate. Top with the chicken livers, apples, and chives.

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