Paupiettes De Sole Au Vermouth (Rolled Sole Fillets In Vermouth Sauce)
- 12 small, skinless, boneless fillets of sole or flounder, about 2 1/4 pounds
- Salt, if desired
- Freshly ground pepper
- 1 pint raw (unfrozen) scallops, preferably bay scallops
- 1 egg white
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 3 drops Tabasco sauce
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 cup dry white vermouth
- 1 cup heavy cream
- Juice of half a lemon
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Arrange the fillets skinned side up on a flat surface.
- Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper to taste.
- Put the scallops into the container of a food processor or blender.
- Add the egg white and start blending.
- Gradually pour in the cream.
- Add salt and pepper to taste and Tabasco and blend.
- Spoon an equal portion of the scallop mixture on each fillet.
- Fold over the ends of the fillet to enclose the mixture.
- Select a shallow, heatproof baking dish large enough to hold the folded fillets in one layer.
- Rub it with the tablespoon of butter.
- Arrange the fillets, seam side down, over the dish.
- Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.
- Pour the vermouth over all.
- Place the dish on top of the stove and bring the liquid to the simmer.
- Cover closely with aluminum foil and place in the oven.
- Bake 15 minutes.
- Transfer the fish fillets to a hot serving platter and cover with foil to keep warm.
- Pour the pan liquid from the fish into a saucepan.
- Bring the liquid in the saucepan to the boil over high heat and cook down.
- As the liquid boils add any liquid that accumulates around the fish.
- Continue cooking down to one-third cup.
- Add the cream and cook down over high heat about four minutes.
- There should be about one cup.
- Line a mixing bowl with a strainer.
- Add the sauce and scrape to extract all the liquid from any solids in the sauce.
- Return the sauce to a saucepan and reheat.
- Add the lemon juice and pour the sauce over the fish.
- Serve sprinkled with parsley.
skinless, salt, freshly ground pepper, egg, heavy cream, tabasco sauce, butter, heavy cream, parsley
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/6851 (may not work)