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Fish "à la Bordelaise"

Fish "à la Bordelaise" is a fillet topped with a crust of breadcrumbs, herbs and onions cooked in white wine, then oven-baked until golden brown.

It is a classic frozen family meal that many French children have grown up with, but here is a home-made version that is far better.

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Last modified on: February 20^th 2019

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For 2 fillets, you will need:

1 0.9 oz shallot
2 0.9 oz onion
3 ½ garlic clove
4 0.9 oz butter
5 0 litre 2 ml dry white wine
6 2 sprigs parsley
7 0.01 oz lemon
8 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs
9 1 tablespoon olive oil
10 0.07 oz fillets fish

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33 min.	34 min.	1 hour 7 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Prepare 0.9 oz shallot and 0.9 oz onion, and peel ½ garlic clove.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

Chop these finely.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Melt 0.9 oz butter in a small frying pan until it froths.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Add the chopped shallot, onion and garlic. Salt and pepper and mix well.

Cook for 1 minute without colouring.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

Pour 0 litre 2 ml dry white wine into the pan, mix well and turn the heat down slightly.

Stage 6 - 15 min.

Leave to cook gently until all there is no liquid left in the pan. Set aside.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Prepare 2 sprigs parsley, keeping only the leaves.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Put into a high-sided container: the cooked onions, parsley, salt, pepper and the juice of 0.01 oz lemon.

Blend together.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Transfer the mixture to a bowl and add 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs and 1 tablespoon olive oil.

Mix to make a thick paste, adding more breadcrumbs if necessary. Set aside.

Stage 10 - 5 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Prepare the fish fillets. Rinse and dry, then remove the skin and any remaining bones.

Salt and pepper on both sides.

Stage 11 - 2 min.

Spread the topping mixture in a fairly thin, even layer on each fillet.

The best tool for this job is a palette-knife, if you have one.

Stage 12 - 1 min.

Generously butter an oven-proof dish.

Stage 13 - 1 min.

Lay the fish in the dish, crust uppermost.

Stage 14 - 15 min.

Bake for about 15 minutes (this will depend on the thickness of your fillets) and finish under the grill to give them the important browned top.

Stage 15

Serve on hot plates and trickle a little lemon juice over just before serving.

Remarks

The breadcrumb topping can be prepared in advance as it keeps and freezes well.

From this basic recipe many variations are possible: red wine instead of white, coriander or chervil instead of parsley, etc.

Keeping

Should be eaten immediately.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
453 Kcal or 1,897 Kj	4 gr	27 gr	37 gr
23 %	2 %	3 %	6 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
242 Kcal or 1,013 Kj	2 gr	14 gr	20 gr
12 %	1 %	1 %	3 %

Per fillet
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
227 Kcal or 950 Kj	2 gr	14 gr	18 gr
11 %	1 %	1 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Sulfites, Gluten, leaven, Fish

How much will it cost?

For 2 fillets : 0.85 €
Per fillet : 0.43 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Dry white wine: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spring veal sauté , Potatoes with prawns, Turban of sole with langoustines, Spaghetti with smoked salmon, Sausage mushroom and cheese crumble, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies, Fruit crémeux, Chard and potato gratin, Creamy polenta with green asparagus, Potimarron (chestnut pumpkin) "au gratin", ... All
	Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crunchy verrines, Thaï rice with small vegetables, Turnip top soup, Coq au vin, Tuna pasta, ... All
	Onion: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pumpkin and red-bean tortillas, Kale and potato soup, Potatoes with prawns, Mixed vegetable curry, Lumberjack turnovers, ... All

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