Salad with roasted shallots and monkfish
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Shallots; peeled, root ends | |
| Left intact | ||
| 1¼ | teaspoon | Freshly-grated nutmeg |
| 2 | teaspoons | Olive oil; plus |
| ¾ | cup | Olive oil |
| 6 | tablespoons | Coarse salt |
| 1 | tablespoon | Dijon mustard |
| 8 | teaspoons | Mild raspberry vinegar |
| Salt; to taste | ||
| Freshly-ground black pepper; to taste | ||
| 10 | ounces | Monkfish; sliced 8 thin |
| Fillets | ||
| Flour; for dredging | ||
| 2 | cups | Sorrel leaves - (packed); thick ribs removed, |
| Rinsed and dried | ||
| 6 | cups | Assorted greens; rinsed, dried |
| (such as mache; Italian chicory, Bibb | ||
| Lettuce) | ||
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Toss shallots with nutmeg and 2 teaspoons olive oil. Make a bed of salt in a small shallow roasting pan and spread shallots in a single layer. Roast for 20 minutes, basting with additional olive oil, until shallots are browned and soft. Keep warm.
Make vinaigrette: In a small bowl whisk mustard with vinegar. Add ½ cup olive oil in a thin stream, whisking constantly. Season with ½ teaspoon nutmeg, salt and pepper.
Prepare fish: Heat remaining ¼ cup olive oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Cut ¼-inch notches all around outside of each fillet to prevent it from curling. Dredge well in flour seasoned with salt and pepper. Saute fillets quickly, without crowding, about 1 minute per side until golden-brown and just cooked through. Remove from pan and brush fillets lightly with some vinaigrette.
Assemble salad: In a large bowl toss sorrel and salad greens with vinaigrette. Cut shallots in half, lengthwise and toss. Divide salad among 4 plates and nestle 2 fillets into salad on each plate. Grate ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg over each salad and serve immediately.
This recipe yields 4 servings.
Source: "TASTE with David Rosengarten - (Show # TS-4684) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK" S(Formatted for MC5): "07-03-1999 by Joe Comiskey - joecomiskey@..."
Recipe by: David Rosengarten
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