Sturgeon stroganoff

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
12 Mushrooms
½ pounds Butter
1 teaspoon Chopped shallots
2 tablespoons Paprika
¼ cup White wine
1½ cup Demi-glace
6 tablespoons Sour cream at room temp
2 teaspoons Lemon juice
1 dash Tabasco sauce
Salt & pepper
18 (2-oz) escalopes of sturgeon
Flour for dredging
2 tablespoons Cold sour cream
2 tablespoons Chopped parsley
2 cups Brown stock
2 cups Sauce espagnole
(both of above in separate recipes)
2 tablespoons Madeira
Salt & pepper

Directions

DEMI-GLACE

Remove stems from mushrooms, reserve caps. Chop stems. Melt 2 tbs. butter in saucepan. Add shallots & chopped mushroom stems. Saute 5 min. but don't allow shallots to brown. Add paprika, mix well. Add white wine, reduce by half. Add Demi-Glace, simmer 20 min. Using wire whisk, mix 1 tbs. of sauce w/ room temperature sour cream in stainless steel bowl. Add mixture back to remaining sauce. Add 1 tsp. lemon juice & dash of Tabasco. Mix well, pass through fine sieve. Correct seasonings, keep warm. Slice 6 mushroom caps.

Flute the remaining 6& set aside. Saute sliced mushroom caps in 1 tbs.

butter 3 min. Strain off liquid & add mushrooms to sauce. To cook fluted mushroom caps, place them in a pot w/ 1 cup water & 1 tsp. lemon juice.

Bring to boil. Remove from heat,let stand 5 min. Drain. Season sturgeon w/ salt, pepper, & paprika to taste.Dredge in flour & shake off excess. Melt 4 tbs. butter in large saute pan until hot but not brown. Saute sturgeon 2 min. Turn over,cook 1 more min. on other side. Repeat until all sturgeon is cooked using more butter as needed. Arrange sturgeon on individual plates, three slices on each, overlapping in a semi-circle. Place fluted mushrooms at center of circle. Pour sauce over dish & place 1 tsp. cold sour cream on top. Garnish w/ chopped parsley & serve. DEMI-GLACE: Mix Brown Stock & Sauce Espagnole together. Bring to boil & simmer until reduced to 2 cups.

Add Madeira & check seasonings. THE OYSTER BAR

GRAND CENTRAL STATION;MANHATTAN WINE: DURNEY CHENIN BLANC, 1981 From the <Micro Cookbook Collection of American recipes>, downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .

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