Pan-Roasted Fish On Mushroom-Leek Ragout
- 2 slices bacon (2 oz.), chopped
- 1 pound portabella mushroom caps, gills trimmed out, rinsed and sliced
- 2 leeks (1 lb. total), white parts only, rinsed and thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup finely diced carrot
- 1/4 cup finely diced celery
- 1/2 cup low-sodium chicken broth
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme leaves or 1/2 teaspoon dried
- Salt and fresh-ground pepper
- 1/2 ounce dried porcini or shiitake mushrooms
- 4 pieces (1 in. thick; 5 oz. each) boned, skinned tender, white-fleshed fish, such as sturgeon or black cod, rinsed and dried
- 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
- In a large frying pan over medium-high heat, stir bacon often until browned and crisp, 6 to 7 minutes. Add portabellas and stir often until golden brown, about 5 minutes; pour into a bowl. Add leeks, carrot, and celery to pan; reduce heat to medium and stir often until vegetables are soft, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Return portabellas to pan and add chicken broth, wine, and thyme; simmer, stirring often, until liquid is almost evaporated, about 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 450u0b0. In a spice or coffee grinder, grind dried mushrooms to a fine powder; pour into a wide, shallow bowl. Sprinkle both sides of fish with salt and pepper, then coat with the ground mushrooms.
- Pour olive oil into another large, ovenproof frying pan over medium-high heat. Add fish and cook until browned on the bottom, 3 to 4 minutes. Turn pieces and transfer pan to oven. Bake just until fish is opaque in center of thickest part, about 8 minutes.
- Divide mushroom-leek ragout among four plates. Top with fish.
- Wine pairing: Earthy, smoky Pinot Noir with mushroom notes under dark berry flavors. Best in our pairing: Tandem Sangiacomo Vineyard 2002 (Sonoma Coast; $38), Foxen 2004 (Santa Maria Valley, CA; $28), WillaKenzie Pierre Leon Vineyard 2003 (Willamette Valley, Yamhill/Carlton, OR; $36), and Estancia Stonewall Vineyard 2003 (Santa Lucia Highlands, CA; $30).
- Flavor bridges: Pinot Noir can be meaty without being heavy and tannic; tender, white-fleshed fish like sturgeon is also meaty but lean (as are portabella mushrooms). Smokiness in the wine plays off the bacon in the ragout, and mushroom flavors--well, Pinot is about the only wine that offers them flat out.
- Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
bacon, mushroom caps, leeks, carrot, celery, chicken broth, white wine, thyme, salt, porcini, fish, olive oil
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/pan-roasted-fish-on-mushroom-leek-ragout (may not work)