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Raie and Leek Bake

 Recipe from our Chef Patrick Asfaux
Difficulty : Midle      Price : not too much      Print this recipe :
raie  and leek bake

Ingredients :
Raie and leek bake recipe for 6 :
2 kg of raie (also known as skate) or 6 wings
2 litres water
4 dl vinegar
3 nice white of leeks, opened and thoroughly washed, and finely sliced.
1/2 litre of bechamel sauce
1 dl sweet white wine
100g gratted gruyere cheese
50g butter
2 egg yolk
18g salt
5 crushed peppercorn
1 sprig of thyme
2 baie leaves
freshly ground pepper
a pinch of nutmeg

Direction :
1) In a pot (wide enough to take six raie wings), bring to the boil the water along side the vinegar, thyme, baie leaves, cracked pepper and the salt and allow to cook for 5 minutes.
2) Put your raie wings into the boiling liquid and cook them for 8 minutes (after the water has come to the boil again).
3) Meanwhile, in a thick bottom pot, melt the butter down. Then add the sliced leeks, season with salt, pepper and nutmeg and allow to cook gently (do not let them take any colouring), covered for 15 minutes.
4) Using a skimmer, take your cooked raie wings out of their pot. Place them on some kitchen paper, skin them, on both side. Take the flesh of the bone (on both sides) with a palet knife and set it aside.
5) Heat up your bechamel sauce, add the wine, 50g of gruyere cheese, then stir in, very quickly, the egg yolks.
6) Pre-heat your grill or broiller.
7) In a deep oven dish, place the leek fondue at the bottom, then the fish, and cover with the sauce. Then sprinkle with the rest of the cheese and place the lot under the grill for 7 minutes.

8) Serve piping hot.

This mix of flavours is nature's wonder!
Try this recipe and let me know!

© 2005-2008 A.F.Touch. All rights reserved
English Translation by Yann Seite
credits photo : © Asfaux Patrick - A.F.Touch

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