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Poached turbot with morels

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Poached turbot with morels Type of dish : Main course
To serve : 4
Preparation : 30 min
Cooking : 10 min
Budget : Cheap
From : France
Difficulty : Easy
 
Ingredients :
4 turbot fillets, with their skin on
Salt and Espelette pepper (chilli powder)
1 small bunch of chives

For the court bouillon:
1 carrot, sliced
1 onion, chopped
1 whole garlic clove
1 bouquet garni
Salt and Espelette pepper
1/2 lemon
1/2 orange
a few black pepper corns
1 piece of celery
1l water

for the Morel sauce:
200g fresh morels (or 40g dried)
60g shallots, finely chopped
100ml Noilly Prat
10g potato/corn flour
100ml chicken stock
5cl, Double cream (or unsweetened condensed milk)

 
Recipe :
The Sauce:
1- Put the shallot and Noilly Prat in a saucepan, bring to the boil and flambe (light to burn off excess alcohol)
2- Contiinue to cook over a low heat untiil the shallot is soft.
3- Add the mushrooms and sweat.
4- Add the chicken stock and reduce by 1/3.
5 - Sieve the sauce and save the morels.
6- In a cup, mix the potato/corn flour with a little water, then add to the sauce to thicken it.
7- To finish the sauce, add the cream and morels nad check the seasoning. Warm your plates in the oven.

Turbot:
1- Put all the court bullion ingredients in a large saucepan. Bring to the boil and simmer gently for 10 minutes.
2- Add the turbot fillets (2 at a time) and gently poach for 8-10 minutes (the flesh should be just cooked through - overcooking will ruin the texture).
3- Once poached, carefully remove the skin.
4- Pour sauce onto your warm plates and arrange the fish on top. Garnish with chives and serve.





Advice :
Turbot is a medium lean, white fish, rich in protein. Poaching is the ideal way to prepare this types of fish, ensuring flavour, whilst ridding it of any fat.
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