Poached Skate with Brown Butter
- 1/2 cup Fish Fumet
- 10 tablespoons salted butter
- 5 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup drained capers
- Freshly ground white pepper, to taste
- 3 cups Court Bouillon
- 4 (7-ounce) cleaned skate wings
- Fine sea salt, to taste
- 4 teaspoons thinly sliced fresh chives
- One 14-by-10-inch roasting pan
- Long, wide spatula
- 1 Preheat the oven to 550 degrees.
- Put the fumet in a medium saucepan over high heat.
- Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 3 minutes.
- 2 Put 8 tablespoons of butter in a medium saucepan over high heat.
- Cook, gently shaking the pan, until the butter turns dark brown, but not black, about 2 minutes.
- Pour the vinegar into the center of the pan and whisk it in.
- Remove the pan from the heat and continue whisking for about 20 seconds.
- 3 Bring the fish fumet to a boil and, whisking constantly, begin very slowly dripping in the brown butter.
- After about 15 seconds, pull the pan off the heat but keep it near the hot burner.
- Continue slowly adding the butter until the sauce is emulsified and all the brown butter is incorporated.
- Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter and whisk slowly until it is absorbed into the sauce.
- Stir in the capers and season with pepper.
- Cover and keep warm, near but off of the heat.
- 4 In a pot, bring the court bouillon to a boil.
- Season the skate on both sides with salt and pepper and place it in the roasting pan (the pieces may overlap slightly).
- Pour the court bouillon over the skate, place in the oven, and cook until a knife can be easily inserted between the creases in the fish, about 3 minutes.
- 5 Use a long, wide spatula to transfer the skate to 4 dinner plates.
- Spoon the sauce over and around the skate, to completely cover the plate; make sure the capers are evenly distributed over the fish.
- Sprinkle the chives over the skate and sauce and serve immediately.
butter, red wine vinegar, capers, freshly ground white pepper, court, skate, salt, chives
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/poached-skate-with-brown-butter (may not work)