Stuffed Flounder
- 6 flounder fillets, 9 ounces each
- Salt
- White pepper
- 24 ounces Lynnhaven Crab Stuffing, recipe follows
- 1 cup toasted bread crumbs
- Paprika
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 2 tablespoons to 1/4 cup water
- Parsley leaves, for garnish
- Lemon wedges, for garnish
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
- Split each fillet in 1/2 to make a top and bottom portion of the fish.
- Lightly season the bottom portions with salt and pepper.
- Place 4 ounces crab stuffing on bottom portion.
- Place the top portion of fish on top of crab stuffing.
- Place in a baking dish.
- Sprinkle lightly with salt, pepper, bread crumbs, and paprika.
- Top with melted butter so as to moisten all of the crumbs.
- Place a little water in the baking dish.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until done.
- Garnish with parsley and lemon wedges.
- 14 ounces blue crab backfin crabmeat
- 1 5/8 ounces blue crab claw meat
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 1/4 ounces high quality mayonnaise, by volume
- 3/8-ounce apple cider vinegar
- 1 1/4 teaspoons sugar
- Dry Ingredients:
- 3/8 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Pinch white pepper
- 1 1/4 teaspoons all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 1/4 teaspoons dry mustard
- 1 1/4 teaspoons dry parsley flakes
- 1 cup Japanese bread crumbs (panko)
- Being careful to not break apart lumps, pick the crabmeat free of shells.
- Refrigerate in mixing bowl.
- Whisk together the egg, mayonnaise, apple cider vinegar, and sugar, and set aside or refrigerate if not used immediately.
- Thoroughly combine the dry ingredients.
- Mix dry ingredients into the crab meat, trying not to break up or mash the lumps of crab.
- Gently work the wet ingredients into the mix.
- Chill immediately.
flounder, salt, white pepper, stuffing, bread crumbs, paprika, butter, water, parsley, lemon wedges
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/stuffed-flounder-recipe.html (may not work)