Baked Flounder with Scallop Stuffing

* Exported from MasterCook II *

Baked Flounder with Scallop Stuffing

Recipe By : Country Inns and Back Roads Cookbook
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Fish Main Dishes
Seafood

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 cup butter
1 clove garlic -- minced
1 small onion -- finely chopped
1/2 pound scallops -- chopped
salt
fresh ground black pepper
dry white wine
dry bread crumbs -- fine
6 flounder fillets -- 5-7 oz
1/4 cup butter -- melted
1/2 cup hot water
WHITE SAUCE:
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
salt
fresh ground black pepper
dry white wine

In a 10 inch skillet, melt the 1/2 cup of butter. Add garlic and onion and
saute until onions are translucent. Add scallops and cook 2 or 3 minutes.
Season with salt, pepper, and white wine to taste. Add sufficient bread crumbs
to prepare a moist stuffing.
Place each flounder fillet dark-side-up on a flat surface. Placing the scallop
stuffing in the center of each fillet, divide evenly among the fillets. Fold
both ends of each fillet over the stuffing, overlapping the ends. Pour the
melted butter and the hot water into a 9x12 inch baking dish. Transfer the
stuffed fillets to the baking dish and bake 20 minutes while you prepare a
white sauce.
WHITE SAUCE: In a small saucepan, melt butter, then whisk in flour. Cook over
low heat 2-3 minutes, whisking constantly. Then add milk, and salt, pepper,
and white wine to taste. Increase heat to medium, whisking constantly until
the sauce is thickened. Cook several minutes over low heat, stirring.
When the flounder has baked 20 minutes, pour the white sauce over the stuffed
fillets. Return the baking dish to the oven briefly and heat until the sauce
begins to bubble.
-From Diana Rattray

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NOTES : I have made a stuffing similar to this, using crushed Cheese-It
crackers, and it was wonderful as a stuffing for jumbo shrimp!
~Diana