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Roasted Pike-Perch with Shallot Fondue and Red Wine Sauce Recipe
 
 
Roasted Pike-Perch with Shallot Fondue and Red Wine Sauce
Bernard Loiseau
Bernard Loiseau
Grand Chef Relais & Châteaux
Le Relais Bernard Loiseau - France
Flavors of France
Total time: 1hr to 2hr
Preparation time: Under 30 minutes
Cooking time: Under 90 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
Ingredients for 4 servings
- 4 portions of Pike-Perch, 130 g/5 oz. each, skin on
- 300 g (10 oz.) shallots
- 300 g (10 oz.) butter
- 500 ml (2 cups) red Burgundy wine (13%)
- 40 g (1 1/2 oz.) flour
- 1 tbsp. carrot purée
- 2 tbsp. peanut oil
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
Method
  1. Peel and mince the shallots;
  2. place them in a sauté pan in 50 g butter; let them cook over low heat for an hour until meltingly soft; season;
  3. reduce the red wine to about 70 ml (approximately 1/3 cup); set aside;
  4. place the cooked shallots in a strainer to drain off the butter; return the shallots to the sauté pan and keep warm;
  5. place the oil and 40 g butter in another sauté pan; add the four portions of perch; seasoned and floured on the skin side only;
  6. let cook for one minute on high heat; cover the pan;
  7. finish cooking over medium heat for 4 or 5 minutes, skin side down;
  8. as the perch cooks, add the carrot purée to the reduced wine and heat it;
  9. whisk 210 g butter into the wine reduction, season and keep warm.

Presentation

  1. Once the fish is cooked, place it onto paper towel;
  2. place the shallot "fondue" in the middle of four plates and place the perch on top;
  3. pour the sauce around the fish.
 
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