Pan-Roasted Fish on Mushroom-Leek Ragout

Name: Pan-Roasted Fish on Mushroom-Leek Ragout
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 57 grams slices bacon , chopped; 59 milliliters finely diced carrot; 59 milliliters finely diced celery; 14 grams dried porcini or shiitake mushrooms; 118 milliliters dry white wine; 2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme leaves or 1/2 teaspoon dried; 4 servings Salt and fresh-ground pepper; 2 leeks (1 lb. total), white parts only, rinsed and thinly sliced; 118 milliliters low-sodium chicken broth; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 454 grams portabella mushroom caps, gills trimmed out, rinsed and sliced; 4 (1 in. thick; 5 oz. each) boned, skinned tender, white-fleshed fish, such as sturgeon or black cod, rinsed and dried

Pan-Roasted Fish on Mushroom-Leek Ragout is a gluten free, dairy free, and primal recipe with 4 servings. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 203 calories, 6g of protein, and 12g of fat. If you have portabella mushroom caps, celery, carrot, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 35 minutes.

Instructions

In a large frying pan over medium-high heat, stir bacon often until browned and crisp, 6 to 7 minutes.

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Add portabellas and stir often until golden brown, about 5 minutes; pour into a bowl.

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Portobello Mushrooms

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Add leeks, carrot, and celery to pan; reduce heat to medium and stir often until vegetables are soft, 8 to 10 minutes.

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Return portabellas to pan and add chicken broth, wine, and thyme; simmer, stirring often, until liquid is almost evaporated, about 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

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Meanwhile, preheat oven to 45

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In a spice or coffee grinder, grind dried mushrooms to a fine powder; pour into a wide, shallow bowl.

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Sprinkle both sides of fish with salt and pepper, then coat with the ground mushrooms.

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Pour olive oil into another large, ovenproof frying pan over medium-high heat.

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Add fish and cook until browned on the bottom, 3 to 4 minutes. Turn pieces and transfer pan to oven.

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Bake just until fish is opaque in center of thickest part, about 8 minutes.

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Fish

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Divide mushroom-leek ragout among four plates. Top with fish.

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Wine pairing: Earthy, smoky Pinot Noir with mushroom notes under dark berry flavors. Best in our pairing: Tandem Sangiacomo Vineyard 2002 (Sonoma Coast; $38), Foxen 2004 (Santa Maria Valley, CA; $28), Willa

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Kenzie Pierre Lon Vineyard 2003 (Willamette Valley, Yamhill/Carlton, OR; $36), and Estancia Stonewall Vineyard 2003 (Santa Lucia Highlands, CA; $30).

Flavor bridges: Pinot Noir can be meaty without being heavy and tannic; tender, white-fleshed fish like sturgeon is also meaty but lean (as are portabella mushrooms). Smokiness in the wine plays off the bacon in the ragout, and mushroom flavors--well, Pinot is about the only wine that offers them flat out.

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