Friday, February 15, 2008

FRIDAY NIGHT LENTEN FISH FEAST ~ FILLET of SOLE with MUSHROOMS & GRAPES / JOE MUER'S CREAMED SPINACH

"Everything Old Is New Again"

~ 'Retro' AFRICAN VIOLET
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FILLET of SOLE with MUSHROOMS & GRAPES
~ 'Retro' recipe from the 80s
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1/2 pound sole fillets
1 Tbsp. unsalted butter
3 large sliced mushrooms
3 sliced green onions
1/4 cup finely diced red pepper
24 seedless grapes
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup real mayonnaise
juice of 1/4 lemon
  • Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Generously butter au gratin shallow dish. Arrange fish fillets in dish.
  • Melt butter over low heat. Add mushrooms, green onion, and red pepper. Saute until softened. Add grapes, stirring gently. Add remaining ingredients and blend well. Spoon over fish.
  • Tent with foil and bake until fish is flaky and sauce is heated through, about 20 minutes. ( 2 servings )

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JOE MUER'S CREAMED SPINACH

~ Classic favorite served with fish

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2 10-oz. package frozen leaf spinach

2 Tbsp. butter

1 finely chopped medium onion

1 finely chopped clove garlic

1 quart milk

3 cups finely ground soft white bread crumbs

1 1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. freshly ground pepper

dash nutmeg

  • Cook spinach until tender. Run cool water over and drain in colander, pressing out all the liquid.
  • Melt butter and saute onion and garlic until transparent. Scald milk. Add salt, pepper and nutmeg to bread crumbs. Whisk crumb mixture into milk.
  • Finely chop spinach and blend into milk mixture with whisk. Bring to second boil before serving. May be made ahead and reheated, the flavor better after standing several hours.

4 comments:

GMG said...

Wow! Great pictures and inviting recipes!
Missed your comments on my CowParade; now I'm posting on Sofia! Have a great weekend!
Blogtrotter

joey said...

I must be missing something, gmg ... I'm hunting for your Cow Parade ... always fun to hear from you. I'm 'trotting' not too far from home, posting from the lake house only 3+ hours away. Tons of snow and tomorrow heading to view elk ... a dinner and sleigh ride.

Digital Flower Pictures said...

I am not much a fish or spinach eater but I do love the flower pictures. There is something timeless and classic about African Violets.

You have been posting some other great photos recently. The collages are really beautiful.

joey said...

Thanks Chris, an honor coming from you ...

I see on your today post that you like corned beef, piled high! Me too ...