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Filets de Poisson Dugléré)

Fish Fillets in White Wine Sauce (Filets de Poisson Dugléré) Recipe adapted from Le Cordon Bleu Paris Sauce  100 ml white wine  300 – 400 ml fish stock (homemade or store-bought)  125 g butter  salt/pepper Vegetable Garnish  1/2 onion, diced  2 shallots, diced  3 medium or large tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced  2 tbsp. finely chopped parsley Directions  Prepare the vegetable garnish: remove the skins from the tomatoes: remove the top core of each tomato and place an ‘x’ on the bottom. Place each tomato into a pan of boiling water until the skin loosens. Remove from the pan and immediately place into a bowl of ice water to stop further cooking of the tomato. Remove the tomato skins and cut into quarters. Remove the seeds and then finely dice the tomatoes.  Chop finely the ½ onion and two shallots.  Butter a fry pan generously. Over medium heat, add the onions and shallots first to the pan, then add the tomatoes and fish pieces. Season with salt and pepper, then add the 100...

Menu 5

    Menu 5   Tomato salad (salade de tomates) Tomatoes 200 g 500 g Lettuce Vinaigrette 1 tbsp Parsley or mixed fresh herbs, chopped 25 g   1.       Peel the tomatoes if required. Slice thinly. Arrange neatly on lettuce leaves. 2.       Sprinkle with the vinaigrette, onion (blanched if required) and parsley.   Egg mayonnaise (oeuf   deur mayonnaise)   To cook hard-boiled eggs, place the eggs in boiling water; reboil and simmer for 8–10 minutes. Refresh until cold.   As part of a selection for hors d’oeuvre Cut the hard-boiled eggs in quarters or slices, dress neatly and coat with mayonnaise.   As an individual hors d’oeuvre Allow one hard-boiled egg per portion, cut in half and dress on a leaf of lettuce; coat with mayonnaise, and garnish with quarters of tomatoes and slices of cucumber.   As a main dish Allow two hard-boiled eggs per portion, ...

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