Paupiettes Of Sole With Spinach And Mushroom Stuffing
- 4 skinless, boneless fillets of sole (or use any nonoily white-fleshed fish such as fluke or flounder), about 1/4 pound each
- Salt to taste, if desired
- Freshly ground pepper to taste
- 3/4 pound fresh spinach
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped shallots
- 1/2 pound fresh mushrooms, thinly sliced, about 3 cups
- 18 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 egg yolk
- Ginger butter sauce (see recipe)
- Sprinkle the fillets with salt and pepper and set aside.
- Pick over the spinach.
- Remove and discard any tough stems and blemished leaves.
- Rinse and drain the spinach well.
- There should be about 8 cups loosely packed.
- Set aside.
- Heat the butter in a skillet and add the shallots.
- Cook briefly, stirring, and add the mushrooms, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
- Cook, stirring, until the mushrooms are wilted.
- Add the spinach and cook until wilted.
- Continue cooking until all the moisture evaporates.
- Scrape the mixture into a bowl and add the egg yolk.
- Let stand until cool.
- Place the fillets of fish on a flat surface, skinned side up.
- Spoon an equal portion of the spinach and mushroom mixture onto the center of each fillet.
- Roll the fillets jellyroll style to enclose the filling.
- Bring a quantity of water to the boil in the bottom of a steamer.
- Arrange the rolled fillets, seam side down, on a steamer rack.
- Set the rack over the steamer bottom.
- Steam five minutes.
- Serve hot with a ginger butter sauce (see recipe).
skinless, salt, freshly ground pepper, fresh spinach, butter, shallots, mushrooms, nutmeg, egg yolk, ginger butter
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/10853 (may not work)