Stuffed Flounder - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    12 ounces flounder fillets
    1/2 lb lump crabmeat
    1/2 lb small shrimp, cooked and diced
    1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
    1 tablespoon flour
    1 cup cream
    1/4 cup breadcrumbs
    1/4 cup green onion, diced
    1 dash white pepper
    1 dash cayenne pepper
    Veloute Sauce
    2 tablespoons fish stock or 2 tablespoons shrimp stock
    1/4 cup dry white wine
    1/4 cup water
    1/2 bay leaf
    1 teaspoon garlic, minced
    1/4 cup heavy cream
    3 tablespoons butter
    1 tablespoon flour
Preparation
    Heat butter, add flour, and stir, but do not darken flour.
    Add cream slowly and bring to a boil.
    Combine with all other ingredients but flounder in a bowl and refrigerate until chilled.
    Cut flounder lengthwise into 1-inch wide strips.
    Fold flounder strips around a 2 oz nugget of the stuffing and stand them upright.
    Bake in a 350\u00b0F oven for 25 minutes.
    Top with Veloure Sauce (See steps below).
    Veloure Sauce: Add liquids, spices and stock to saucepan, boil and remove after 10 minutes.
    Make a light roux by heating 1 TBS butter in a pan, stirring in flour and heating until light brown.
    Add roux to mixture and whisk in remaining butter.

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