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Monkfish Tails Piperade

Type: Fish
Courses: Main Course
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Piperade Mixture
2   Green bell peppers (large)
2   Red bell peppers (large)
1   Yellow onion (large)
2 tablespoons 30mlOlive oil - more or less
2   Garlic cloves - (2 to 3) - pureed
1 teaspoon 5mlMixed herbs
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
  Fish and Other Ingredients
3 1/2 lbs 1589g / 56ozTrimmed monkfish fillets
  Flour
2 tablespoons 30mlOlive oil
1 cup 237mlDry white wine or French Vermouth
1 cup 237mlFish or chicken broth
  Fresh Tomato Fondue - see * Note

Recipe Instructions

* Note: See the "Fresh Tomato Fondue" recipe which is included in this collection.

Wash, halve, stem and seed the peppers, and cut into very fine long thin slices. Peel the onion, halve through the root, and cut into thin lengthwise slices. Film a large frying pan with the oil, add heat for 4 to 5 minutes while you add the garlic, herbs and seasonings. Vegetables should be partially cooked; they will finish with the fish. May be done in advance to this point; let cool uncovered, then transfer to a bowl, cover and refrigerate.

Cut the fish into serving chunks. Just before you are to saute it, season all sides with a sprinkling of salt and pepper, dredge lightly in flour, and shake off excess. Into a second frying pan (or in the same one, if you have done the vegetables ahead), pour in enough oil to film it and set over moderately-high heat. When very hot but not smoking, add the fish in one layer. Saute for 2 minutes, then turn and saute for 2 minutes on the other side -- not to brown -- merely to stiffen slightly. Spread the cooked vegetables over the fish. Pour in the wine and broth -- enough to come halfway up the fish. Cover and simmer about 10 minutes. Fish is done when it has turned from springy to gently-soft -- it needs a little more cooking than other fish, but must not overcook and fall apart.

Arrange fish and vegetables on a hot platter and cover. Rapidly boil down the juices in frying pan until almost syrupy, then spoon them over the fish, and serve, surrounded by the optional Fresh Tomato Fondue.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Source:
EMERIL LIVE with Emeril Lagasse - Adapted from - JULIA CHILD'S MENU COOKBOOK by Julia Child - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # EM-1A39 broadcast 04-25-1997) - Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com

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