Fish Stock With Red Wine Fumet De Poisson Au Vin Rouge Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Cook fish stock down until reduced by half. Set aside.
• Trim off bottom end of each scallion and pull off and discard any tough or blemished outer leaves. Cut each scallion into 6-inch lengths. Arrange in flat baking dish and add water to barely cover, 2 tablespoons of the butter, salt and pepper. Bring to boil and let cook about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Set aside.
• Select heatproof skillet or baking dish large enough to hold fish fillets in one layer. Rub bottom with one tablespoon of butter and sprinkle with shallots. Arrange fillets over shallots and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Pour wine and water over fillets. Dot with 3 tablespoons butter. Bring to boil on top of stove. Place in oven and bake 2 1/2 to 5 minutes, depending on thickness of fillets. Cook only until fish loses raw look throughout.
• Transfer fillets, 2 at a time, to 4 individual heated serving plates.
• Pour cooking liquid into saucepan. Add 2 tablespoons of butter and fish stock with red wine. Cook combined sauces down to one cup. Put this through sieve and press to extract as much liquid as possible. There should be about 3/4 cup. Reheat gently.
• Garnish each serving with 6 individual drained scallions. Spoon sauce around fish but not on top.

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a heavy saucepan and add the carrots, leeks and onion. Cook briefly, stirring, until wilted.
• Tie the parsley, bay leaf and thyme into a small bundle (bouquet garni). Add it to the saucepan. Add the garlic and fish bones and stir. Add the champagne and bring to a boil. Let simmer about a minute and add the water.
• Bring to a boil and let simmer 20 minutes.
• Strain through a very fine sieve, preferably of the sort known in French kitchens as a chinois. Press the solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the solids.

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients in a kettle or large saucepan.
• Bring to the boil and simmer 20 minutes. Strain and discard the solids.

Steps:

• Heat oil in casserole and add fish bones, onion and carrots. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and cook, stirring, about 2 minutes.
• Add wine, water, bay leaf, parsley and thyme. Bring to boil and let simmer, uncovered, about 40 minutes. Strain sauce through fine sieve, pushing solids with wooden spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard solids.