Striped Bass With Mushroom Risotto Recipe 55

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the shallots and thyme and cook until the shallots are translucent, about 7 minutes; season with salt and pepper. Add the mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until brown and tender, about 8 minutes. Discard the thyme sprigs.
• Meanwhile, season the fish with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in another large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the fish, skin-side down, and cook until the skin is crisp, 3 to 4 minutes; transfer to a plate. Add the wine to the skillet and scrape up any browned bits with a wooden spoon. Boil over high heat until syrupy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the cream and simmer to thicken slightly, 2 to 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Pour the cream sauce over the mushrooms in the skillet, then add the fish, skin-side up. Simmer until the fish is just firm and translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Garnish with parsley, if desired.

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• Mushroom Garnish: While stock is simmering, mince the shallot and garlic. (Note: Chef Kaysen minces a whole shallot, but uses only half.) Set aside. Prepare chanterelles by tearing them into smaller pieces, like string cheese. If the chanterelles are very dirty, rinse in a bowl of water and gently wring through a clean dish towel to remove the absorbed water. Set aside. Slice the creminis and set aside. Pluck the tops of the maitakes from the base and set tops aside; add bases to stock (optional). Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil and as many mushrooms as can fit in one layer. Sauté until mushrooms have just begun to caramelize, 1-2 minutes. Add a pinch of salt, remaining tablespoon of oil, and the butter. Stir and sauté another 1-2 minutes. Add shallots and garlic; stir and sauté for 1-2 minutes. Pull thyme leaves from the stem, roughly chop, and add to mushrooms. Turn off the heat and set the skillet aside.
• Risotto: Peel and trim the onion. Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat; then add onions and a pinch of salt. Stir and cook until onions are translucent, 3-5 minutes. Add rice and stir constantly, until the grains are translucent around the edges, 3-5 minutes. Add wine and cook, stirring constantly, until the liquid is absorbed into the rice. Reduce heat to medium. Add the Mushroom Stock 1 cup at a time, stirring continually after each addition until the rice has absorbed almost all of the liquid before adding the next cup. This should take about 20 minutes total. (Make sure no grains are sticking to the sides of the pot.)
• When the rice has absorbed most of the liquid and has thickened, add ½ cup of the reserved Mushroom Purée and a pinch of salt; stir to combine. (Remaining purée can be frozen for up to 2 months.) Stir in Parmigiano and Pecorino, then turn off heat. Add mascarpone; add more Parmigiano and salt to taste. Stir until combined and creamy.Divide the risotto into 6 serving bowls. Evenly divide warm Mushroom Garnish on top of each. Garnish with a final dusting of grated Parmigiano and serve immediately.
• Set a medium pot over medium heat and add 2 tablespoons olive oil. Clean mushrooms by gently wiping away the dirt with a clean towel. Set aside. Smash and mince the garlic. To the pot, add the minced shallot, garlic, and a pinch of salt. Stir and sweat until translucent, 5 minutes. Meanwhile, roughly chop the mushrooms and add to the pot along with the thyme leaves. Turn heat to high, add the Madeira, and stir to deglaze the pan; continue cooking until the liquid has mostly evaporated (called au sec in French), 5 minutes. Add the water, bring to a simmer, and cook over low heat, uncovered, 30-45 minutes.
• Part 2: After 30-45 minutes, taste the stock and add salt to taste. Pour the stock through a fine-mesh strainer into a large container; add warm water until you have 8 cups of liquid. Set Mushroom Stock aside. In a blender or food processor, puree the solids from the stock )adding a bit of stock as needed). Season to taste with salt and set aside.

Steps:

• Rinse potato slices under cold running water, drain well and pat dry.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large, nonstick skillet over high heat. Add potatoes, salt to taste, and cook until lightly browned on both sides. Remove from skillet; keep warm.
• Add a little more oil to the pan if necessary, and add the cepes and chanterelles. Salt and pepper to taste. Cook over high heat until the mushrooms wilt. Add the shallots, garlic and parsley. Cook for about a minute, stirring gently; then, set aside. Keep warm.
• Dredge the fish in flour, and shake off the excess. Set aside.
• In another large, nonstick skillet, add 4 remaining tablespoons of vegetable oil over medium heat. Add the fillets, and season well. Cook until lightly browned, about 3 or 4 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium, gently flip the fish and cook 3 to 4 minutes more, or until done. Do not overcook. Remove and keep warm.
• Divide the potatoes evenly over four plates in a ring pattern. Place the fish over the center, and put the mushroom mixture over the fish.
• In a saucepan over medium-high heat, melt the butter, and cook, swirling occasionally, until lightly browned. Add lemon juice, then pour lemon butter equally over each serving. Sprinkle with chives and serve.

Steps:

• Place 2 tablespoons of the butter in a small bowl and stir in the parsley and basil until smooth. Refrigerate. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a large, heavy saucepan over medium heat. Add the shallots and garlic and cook for 1 minute.
• Add the rice and stir well, coating the grains with the butter. Stir in the wine and simmer until reduced by half. Meanwhile, place the vegetable broth in a medium saucepan and keep hot over medium heat. Ladle in about 1/3 cup of the broth and stir constantly until the liquid is absorbed. Continue adding broth and stirring until each addition is absorbed, until the rice is cooked al dente, about 55 minutes.
• Stir in half of the herb butter; the rice should be quite liquid. Dice the remaining butter and fold it in with the Parmesan, 1 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste. Stir in the arugula and watercress. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed. Keep warm.
• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the bass fillets and sear until just cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Reheat the asparagus tips. Divide the risotto among 4 plates. Top each with a bass fillet and sprinkle with asparagus tips. Serve immediately.

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• Sauce/Boil all ingredients in saucepan until reduced to 2/3 cup or 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Mushroom risotto/Simmer broth in saucepan; keep warm. Melt 1/4 cup butter in skillet over medium high heat. Add 3 tablespoons shallots, garlic, and all mushrooms; saute until mushrooms are soft and beginning to brown or about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper Melt 1/4 cup butter in large saucepan over medium high heat. ?Add 3 tablespoons shallots; saute until soft or about 2 minutes. Add rice and stir 1 minute. Add wine and stir until almost dry or about 4 minutes. Add 1 cup broth; simmer 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add another cup broth; simmer 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add 2 cups broth and simmer 4 minutes. Add 2 cups broth, mushroom mixture, parsley and 1/3 cup cheese. Simmer until creamy and rice is tender but still firm to bite, adding more broth by 1/4 cupfuls if dry and stirring often about 8 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Fish/Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400. Divide oil between 2 large ovenproof skillets; heat over high heat. Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper. Cook, skin side down, until skin is crisp, about 4 minutes. Transfer skillets to oven. Bake until fish is cooked through, about 4 minutes. Rewarm sauce. Using handheld mixer, beat until slightly thickened and foam begins to form. Divide risotto among 6 plates; sprinkle with cheese. Top with fish, skin side up. Drizzle with sauce and serve.

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• Sauce: Boil all ingredients in lg. saucepan until reduced ot 2/3 c., about 15 min. Season w/ salt n pepper. Can b made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill. Mushroom Risotto: Simmer broth in med saucepan; keep warm. Melt 1/4 c. butter in lg. skillet over med-high heat. Add 3 T. shallots, garlic, n all mushrooms; saute until mushrooms r soft and beginning to brown, about 10 min. Season w salt n pepper. Can b made 1 day ahead. Cover n chill. Rewarm before continuing. Melt 1/4 c. butter in another heavy large saucepan over med-high heat. Add 3 T. shallots; saute until soft, about 2 min. Add rice n stir 1 min. Add wine n stir until almost dry, about 4 min. Add 1 cup borth ;simmer 2 min; stirring occasionally. Add another cup broth; ;simmer 2 min, stirring occasionaly. Add 2 c. broth n simmer 4 min, stirring occasionally. Add 2 c. broth, mushroom mixture, parsley, and 1/3 c. cheese. Simmer ntil creamy n rice is tender but still firm to bite, adding more broth by 1/4 cupfuls if dry and stirring often, about 8 min. Season w/ salt and pepper. Fish: Meanwhile, oven 400F. Divide oil b/t 2 heavy lg ovenproof skillets; heat over high heat. Sprinkle fish w salt n pepper. Cook, skin side down, until skin is crisp, about 4 min. Transfer skillets to oven (do not turn fish over). Bake until fish is cooked thru, about 4 min. Rewarm sauce. Using handheld mixer, beat until slightly thickened and foam begins to form. Divide risotto among 6 pates; sprinkle w cheese. Top w/ fish, skin side up. Drizzle w sauce and serve.