Fillets Of Monkfish With Mustard Cucumber Sauce Gidleigh Park Recipes

Steps:

• Boil heavy cream rapidly until it is reduced by half.
• Combine the shallots and wine in heavy-bottomed pan and cook over high heat to reduce. Add fish stock and reduce by half.
• Cut cucumber into strips 1 1/2 inches by 1/8 inch, cutting around the seeds. Do not peel.
• Add the reduced cream to the reduced stock and reduce again slowly until mixture is thick enough to coat spoon.
• Heat oil in skillet and season fish with salt and white pepper. Saute fish over high heat about 1 1/2 minutes on each side, until lightly golden. Reduce heat and add butter and a few drops of lemon juice. Stir in mustards. Add cucumber strips to the sauce and simmer 2 to 3 minutes.
• Using a slotted spoon, pile a little cucumber into the center of each plate and pour the rest of the sauce around. Top with fish and decorate with small sprigs of dill.

Steps:

• Tie the monkfish fillets with butcher's twine at 2-inch intervals. Season with salt and pepper.
• Line the bottom of an earthenware or other low-sided baking dish with thyme and rosemary sprigs. Tuck bay leaves here and there, if using. Lay the fish on top of the herbs and drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Scatter the lemon slices and whole olives over fish. Set aside for 30 minutes to marinate. Heat oven to 425 degrees.
• Meanwhile, make the olive paste: Put pitted black olives, garlic and 1/4 cup olive oil in a small food processor and pulse to a rough paste. (Alternatively, chop olives finely with a knife and stir together with garlic and oil.)
• Roast fish, uncovered, for 15 to 20 minutes, until lightly browned on top and firm to the touch. Check with a paring knife to be sure fish is cooked through. Let rest for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Snip twine with scissors and remove from fish. Cut fish into 4 portions and spoon some of the roasted lemon slices and whole olives over the top. Dab each piece with a teaspoon of olive paste, or pass olive paste separately.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
• Select a baking dish large enough to hold the monkfish fillets in one layer without crowding. Pour olive oil over the bottom. Turn the fillets in the oil to coat well all over. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Brush the fillets with mustard. Scatter onions and garlic around the fillets.
• Place the baking dish on top of the stove and heat until the oil begins to sizzle. Add the white wine and scatter the mushrooms around the fillets. Bring the wine just to a simmer.
• Place the baking dish in the oven and bake 15 minutes. Baste the fillets and return to the oven. Continue baking about 5 minutes. Swirl the butter in the sauce. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.