I didn’t plan it that way, but last night’s dinner looks very much like a summer meal. All of its major elements however came fresh from local producers, and had been in the Union Square Greenmarket this week. Not quite making that cut were the tomatoes, which came from Maine, meaning that, while they weren’t quite local, …
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whelk salad; flounder with tomato butter; romano beans
It was one of those times when I left the meal without a decent image of it. I still wanted to write something, so I decided to upload images of the 2 main ingredients that I might find on line, as a fallback, something I had occasionally done in the past. Then I learned that one of our …
flounder, tomato butter; radish greens; potato, spring garlic
Some of our plates are looking a little brighter these days, like spring, if not summer. It helps that I can find great tomatoes, almost local (from Maine, near Skowhegan, and pretty ‘green’), all winter long. I chose this ‘tomato butter’ treatment for the fish last night because it can be prepared pretty quickly, and because, …
sautéed flounder, tomato-shallot-papalo butter; okra, chili
I’ve used it before, but, like all recipes, or at least the ones we amateurs play with, it turns out at least a little differently each time. Last night I worked that part even more by picking tomatoes I had never used before in this preparation. The recipe was one which I had found on the LA Times site 2 years ago; I made only a few …
flounder; tomato-scallion-tarragon butter; spigarello, garlic
Home alone. I don’t always cook a proper meal for myself on the rare occasions that happens, and unfortunately I hadn’t arranged to share my meal with a friend. But at least by Monday morning I had thought ahead enough to purchase some very fresh fish for 2 successive meals, one solo (the Union Square Greenmarket isn’t open on Tuesdays). That night, before …
flounder, tomato-pipicha-savory butter; Persian cucumber
I’ve only gradually come to realize that the flatfish with which I am most familiar personally, having actually caught a few by rod and reel while drifting in a boat off Long Island (yup, I actually did that), is not merely a fluke; it’s also a summer flounder. I cooked the fluke I had caught way back then, in …
sautéed flounder; tomato-shallot-lovage butter; peas, mint
This rather French (yay France!) preparation for flounder turned out better than ever tonight, and I’ve worked it many times before; the vegetables were equally delicious. four flounder fillets (3-ounce or more each) from Blue Moon Seafood, sautéed in olive oil and butter over high heat until golden brown (2-3 minutes on the first side, 1-2 minutes …
flounder, tomato-oregano butter; rabe with sautéed garlic
One of these days I’m going to get the ‘turning once’ down pat. In the meantime, the plates often end up looking a little bit rough around the edges. two flounder fillets from P.E. & D.D. Seafood, sautéed in olive oil and butter over high heat until golden brown (2-3 minutes on the first side, …
tagliatelle; flounder, tomato-tarragon butter; micro arugula
barely two ounces of fresh tagliatelle from Eataly’s (Luca Donofrio), boiled until al dente, tossed with a sauce composed of one chopped spring onion, including some of the green stem, and parts of one red and one yellow ‘cloud pepper’ from Norwich Meadows Farm, which had been heated together in olive oil until softened, sprinkled with homemade …
flounder with tomato-tarragon butter, arugula salad
Because flounder, or any of several related species found within New York waters, is such a great dining fish, because it’s so freely available, extraordinarily fresh, from our local fishermen, but also because, for many months of the year, we’re also fortunate to live with a huge bounty of tomatoes, I end up rearranging this basic recipe over and over …