Flounder Piccata With Haricots Verts And Mushrooms Recipes

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil over high heat. Set up a bowl of well-salted ice water for shocking.
• Add the beans to the boiling water and cook until tender but still have some bite, 5 to 7 minutes. Strain and immediately transfer the beans to the salted ice water. Once cool, strain and set aside until ready to use.
• Coat a large saute pan with olive oil. Add the garlic and crushed red pepper, and set over medium-high heat. When the garlic becomes golden and very aromatic, remove it and discard. It has fulfilled its garlic destiny. Add the beans to the pan and saute until hot and coated with oil. Transfer the beans to a serving bowl, season with salt and serve right away.

Steps:

• Vegetables:
• Using a sharp veggie peeler, shave the celery to get long thin shavings. Put the celery shavings in ice water with half a lemon and its juice and let sit for at least 1 hour or overnight in the refrigerator. The celery will get very crunchy, curly and cute.
• Bring a pot of well salted water to a boil, over medium heat and set up a bowl of well salted ice water. Toss the haricots verts in the boiling water and cook until the beans are tender but still firm. Remove the beans from the boiling water and plunge immediately into the ice water and let them cool. When they are cold and still vibrantly green, remove them from the ice water and reserve.
• Fish:
• Season the fish fillets with salt. Combine the herbs and the potato flakes in a shallow dish. Dip the flesh side of each fillet into the egg wash and then press them into the herb/potato flake mixture. Put on a sheet tray with the crusted side up.
• To cook and assemble everything:
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Coat a large saute pan with olive oil and heat it over medium-high heat. When the oil is hot but not smoking, add the fish, crusted side down. When the crust has become golden and crispy, flip them over, then transfer the fish to a baking sheet lined with a cooling rack and put in the preheated oven for 5 to 6 minutes.
• Remove the oil in the saute pan and add new oil. Toss in the garlic and crushed red pepper. When the garlic becomes golden and aromatic remove it and discard. Toss in the reserved haricots verts, season with salt, to taste, and roll them around in the oil to heat through. When they are hot, turn off the heat and reserve them in the pan.
• Remove the celery from the ice water and dry in a salad spinner to remove the excess water. Add the celery to the pan with the beans. Squeeze in the juice from the remaining lemon half and season with salt, if needed.
• Divide the veggies between 4 serving plates and top with the crusted fish.

Steps:

• Cover the dried porcinis with 2 cups hot water and allow to sit for 30 minutes to reconstitute. Remove from the liquid with a slotted spoon before using.
• Coat a large, wide, deep pan with olive oil and bring to a high heat. Pat the chicken skin dry with paper towels and season generously with salt. Add the chicken, skin side down, to the pan¿you should hear a big sizzle as the thighs hit the pan. Do not try to move the chicken; the skin will stick itself to the bottom of the pan and will unstick itself when it is ready. If the pan is smoking excessively, turn the burner down and continue cooking. When the skin is brown and crispy, turn the chicken over and brown it on the other side. Remove the chicken from the pan and reserve.
• Lower the heat if you have not already done so and ditch most of the excess fat from the pan. Add the pancetta, and brown. When the pancetta has started to get brown and crispy, add the onions. Sprinkle with salt and crushed red pepper, and sweat over medium heat for 7 to 8 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another 1 to 2 minutes. Add the assorted mushrooms, including the porcinis, season with salt and saute until they release their juices, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the white wine and reduce by half. Return the chicken to the pan. Add the chicken stock to almost cover the chicken. Add the thyme and bay leaves. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Simmer the chicken for 30 to 35 minutes, adding more chicken stock if needed.
• While the chicken is cooking, puree the almonds in a food processor. With the motor running, drizzle in a little olive oil to make a loose paste. Season with salt and reserve.
• Once the chicken has cooked for 30 to 35 minutes, remove it from the pan and reserve. Taste the sauce for seasoning and stir in the almond puree. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer to thicken the sauce if needed; the almond puree will help to thicken the sauce and will make it very rich.
• Serve the chicken over sauteed haricots verts. Spoon the mushroom-almond sauce over the top and garnish with chopped chives.
• Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil. Set up a bowl of well-salted ice water for shocking.
• Add the haricots verts to the boiling water and cook until tender but still toothsome, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from the boiling water and immediately plunge into the salted ice water. Once the beans are cool, remove them from the water and set aside until ready to use.
• Coat a large saute pan with olive oil. Add the garlic and the crushed red pepper and bring to a medium-high heat. When the garlic has become golden and very aromatic, remove and discard it¿it has fulfilled its garlic destiny. Add the beans to the pan and saute until hot and coated with oil. Season with salt and serve right away.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F.
• For the haricots verts: Bring a medium saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add the haricots verts and cook until bright green and crisp-tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove to a salted ice bath. Let sit until completely cool. Drain and pat dry. Set aside.
• For the butternut squash and cranberry stew: Add the squash and cinnamon stick to a large, high-sided skillet. Add the orange juice and water to cover by 1 inch. Season with a large pinch of salt. Bring to a simmer and cook until the squash is just tender and the liquid has reduced some, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Heat another large, high-sided skillet over medium heat and add the butter. When melted, add the shallots and cook, stirring frequently, until soft and translucent, about 4 minutes. Stir in the cranberries. Add the cooked butternut squash, with liquid, and stir to combine. Add salt to taste. Keep warm.
• For the sausage veloute: Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the flour and cook, stirring, until completely absorbed, 1 to 2 minutes. Whisk in the chicken stock, raise the heat to medium and bring to a low simmer. Cook, stirring, until the sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat.
• Meanwhile, heat a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, stirring and breaking it into pieces, until just browned. Stir in mushrooms and cook for 3 minutes. Add the sausage-mushroom mixture to the veloute. Keep warm.
• For the turkey Milanese: Whisk together the milk and eggs in a medium baking dish, until thoroughly combined. Put the breadcrumbs and the flour each in a separate medium baking dish.
• Sprinkle the turkey cutlets with the poultry seasoning and some salt. Bread the cutlets using the standard breading procedure: Coat in the flour, shaking off any excess. Then dip in the egg and milk mixture. Next, coat in breadcrumbs, shaking off any excess. Put on a large plate.
• Heat a 1/4 inch of oil in large, high-sided skillet over medium heat. When the oil is shimmering, add a breaded cutlet and cook until golden brown on both sides and cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Remove to a rack on a baking sheet and season with salt. Keep warm in the oven. Repeat with the remaining two cutlets.
• Finish the haricots verts: Heat a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add the oil and garlic and cook, stirring, until the garlic is fragrant, about 2 minutes. Remove and discard the garlic. Add some crushed red pepper and the cooked haricots verts to the pan and toss to coat in the oil. Cook until heated through. Season to taste with salt.
• Serve the turkey cutlets with the butternut squash and cranberry stew, the sausage veloute and the haricots verts.

Steps:

• Melt 1/4 cup butter in large pot over high heat. Add shallots and thyme; sauté until shallots begin to brown, about 4 minutes. Add all mushrooms; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Sauté until juices evaporate, about 10 minutes. Add Madeira; toss until evaporated, about 1 minute. Set aside.
• Cook haricots verts in medium pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Drain. Let stand until ready to use, up to 2 hours.
• Add remaining 1 tablespoon butter to mushrooms in pot. Add haricots verts. Toss over medium-high heat until butter melts and vegetables are heated through, adding broth by tablespoonfuls if mixture is dry, about 3 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer vegetables to bowl and serve.

Steps:

• Stir together all ingredients except haricots verts with 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl until combined well.
• Cook beans in a large pot of boiling salted water (1 tablespoon salt for 6 quarts water), uncovered, until crisp-tender, about 6 minutes, then drain. Toss with herb butter.
• Do Ahead
• Herb butter can be made ahead and chilled, covered, 3 days or frozen, rolled into a cylinder in plastic wrap and kept in a sealed bag, 1 week. Haricots verts can be trimmed 1 day ahead and chilled in a sealed bag lined with paper towels.