Everyday Dorie: Sole Meunière with Onion-Walnut Relish and Giverny Tomatoes

October 13, 2023 at 9:03 pm | Posted in cook the book fridays, everyday dorie, groups, other savory, savory things | 3 Comments
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In the book, this is a Flounder Meunière with Onion-Walnut Relish, but it’s easier for me to find local sole, which Dorie says is traditional anyway, so I just used that. Fish is something I mostly save for eating out, since I usually mangle it, but this meunière preparation couldn’t be easier to cook. Just lightly dredge your fish fillets in four and quickly pan fry them in butter. Dorie goes a step further than the basic lemon and parsley finish by adding a flavorful relish of anchovies, onions, walnuts and toasted bread cubes. This made a pretty nice Sunday dinner, and it’s one I’ll make again.

There are a handful of recipes in the book I’ve skipped– mostly red meat ones that I just won’t eat, and also some that I do want to try but was too lazy to make when posting time came around. Now that we only have a few months of cooking left to go, I’ve been wondering how I can squeeze in some of these. I had two nice tomatoes from the greenmarket on the counter and while I’d passed on the slow-roasted Giverny Tomatoes last month, I figured they’d make a good side dish for the fish, with some modifications. Rather than flavoring them with lime, I used lemon to match the fish (and I left out the extract, just using lemon juice and zest). I also used much less sugar (maybe about 1/2 tsp total) than the recipe called for and added some dried thyme. Finally, I skipped blanching and peeling the tomatoes….they cooked for so long, their skins just slipped right off in the end. They were delicious, as was the olive oily tomato juice in the dish.

For the recipes, see Everyday Dorie by Dorie Greenspan, and head over to Cook the Book Fridays to see how the group liked the fish.

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A classic, with good reason!

Comment by Dorothy's New Vintage Kitchen— October 14, 2023 #

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Two for one, what a deal…Buy One Get One Free! Both look great. I haven’t posted the tomatoes yet, not sure why as I’m sorting through photos of things I made (I’m catching up a bit) so I should get those photos matched up with a post and get it done. Your fish looks outstanding…we really loved this recipe and I will make it again soon trying different kinds of fish. Great photo of it all.

Comment by Kayte Gerth— October 14, 2023 #

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Looks like a great meal.

Comment by Diane Zwang— October 16, 2023 #

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a whisk and a spoon