Sole-Wrapped Asparagus with Tangerine Beurre Blanc
Sole-Wrapped Asparagus with Tangerine Beurre Blanc might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This recipe serves 4. Watching your figure? This gluten free, primal, and pescatarian recipe has 347 calories, 21g of protein, and 26g of fat per serving. A mixture of flounder fillets, asparagus, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. To use up the lemon juice you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 35 minutes. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Asparagus Wrapped in Prosciutto with Beurre Blanc, Poached Sole With Blood Orange Beurre Blanc, and Petrale Sole With Meyer Lemon Beurre Blanc.
Instructions
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 450°F.
Brush a 13- by 9-inch roasting pan with some of melted butter, then sprinkle shallot and zest in pan.
Trim asparagus to about 7 inches long, then peel spears starting from 2 inches below tip of each.
Arrange fish fillets, skinned sides up, on a work surface and season with salt and pepper.
Lay 5 or 6 asparagus perpendicularly across 1 fillet and wrap fish around them to make a bundle. Repeat with remaining fillets and asparagus.
Transfer bundles, seam sides down, to roasting pan and brush fish with remaining melted butter. Season with salt and pepper, then add water to pan. Cover pan tightly with foil and bake until fish is just cooked through and asparagus is crisp-tender, about 20 minutes.
Boil tangerine juice with shallot in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat until reduced to about 2 tablespoons, 4 to 5 minutes. Reduce heat to moderately low, then whisk in 1 tablespoon butter, whisking constantly.
Add remaining butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, whisking constantly, adding each piece before previous one has completely melted, and lifting pan from heat occasionally to cool mixture.
Remove from heat and stir in salt, cayenne, and lemon juice.
Transfer fish with a slotted spatula to a platter and reserve pan juices. Cover fish with foil. Discard zest, then pour pan juices into a 10-inch skillet and boil over moderately high heat until reduced to about 2 tablespoons, about 2 minutes. Gradually whisk into beurre blanc.
Blot any liquid accumulated on platter with paper towels, then spoon sauce over fish.
Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, Pinot Noir
Fish on the menu? Try pairing with Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, and Pinot Noir. Fish is as diverse as wine, so it's hard to pick wines that go with every fish. A crisp white wine, such as a pinot grigio or Grüner Veltliner, will suit any delicately flavored white fish. Meaty, strongly flavored fish such as salmon and tuna can even handle a light red wine, such as a pinot noir. You could try Loveblock Pinot Gris. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.6 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 24 dollars per bottle.
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Loveblock Pinot Gris
Loveblock Pinot Gris is a pale golden with hints of green. The 2013 vintage is a dry style with floral aromas and a hint of ripe pineapple. The palate reveals poached pear and blood orange, and finishes with a touch of citrus, good texture and rich mouth feel.