Stuffed Flounder

14 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 4 each flounder fish fillets steaks
  • 1 medium onions chopped
  • 1 each celery stalks chopped
  • 13 cup sweet red bell peppers chopped, red or green
  • 1/4 pound butter unsalted, melted
  • 1 pound crab meat
  • 2 cups bread, white torn into small pieces
  • 2 large eggs lightly beaten
  • 1 tablespoon parsley leaves chopped
  • 1/4 pound country ham centre slice, boned, 1/4 inch thick, finely diced
  • 1 tablespoon sherry
  • 1 x salt to taste
  • 1 x black pepper freshly ground, to taste
  • 1 x lemon juice

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 350'F.
  2. 2
    Lay the fish bottom side (the white side) up on a cutting board and make an incision in each fish down to the backbone along the center of the fish, stopping just shy of the head and tail.
  3. 3
    Working at an oblique angle, slip the knife in between the flesh and backbone and run the knife down the ribs on both sides of the backbone.
  4. 4
    Saute the onion, celery and bell pepper in a heavy saute pan in about half of the butter over medium-high heat until the onions begin to become transparent, about 5 minutes.
  5. 5
    Toss with the crabmeat, bread, eggs, parsley, ham, and sherry, seasoning to taste with salt and pepper.
  6. 6
    Remember that the country ham is salty and will impart its flavor to the crabmeat.
  7. 7
    Stuff the fish with the mixture, brush a glass baking pan with some of the remaining butter, and add the fish to the pan.
  8. 8
    Mix the rest of the butter with the lemon juice, pour over the fish, and bake for 30 to 45 minutes or until the fish flakes easily with a fork.

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