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    Seafood Sauce for Pan Seared Fish Recipe

    July 23, 2012 by G. Stephen Jones 2 Comments

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    If you are looking for a sauce to finish your favorite pan seared fish like scrod, flounder, haddock or orange roughly, you will love this sauce.

    Seafood Sauce Recipe

    Seafood Sauce Recipe

    It's made with a lobster stock reduction (see sources below) and will let you make restaurant quality sauces at home in minutes.  Also called lobster glace or fruit de mer, you can make it yourself at home or find quality commercial products online.

    If you want to make your own lobster glace, start with a homemade shellfish stock and reduce it down by half. If you have access to a bunch of lobster shells, you can make your own lobster stock reduction too.

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    Seafood Sauce for Pan Seared Fish

    Prep Time5 mins
    Cook Time10 mins
    Total Time15 mins
    Course: Sauces
    Cuisine: American
    Servings: 8 servings

    Ingredients

    • 4 tablespoons butter
    • 1 cup Half & Half half milk and half cream
    • 1½ ounces lobster stock reduction also called lobster glace or fruit de mer
    • 2 tablespoons basil pesto
    • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
    • ¼ cup Parmesan cheese grated
    US Customary - Metric

    Instructions

    • In a sauce pan on medium high heat, add the butter and melt.
    • Add the Half & Half, lobster stock reduction and whisk until blended.
    • Simmer the sauce, whisking until slightly reduced (by about ¼).
    • Add the basil pesto, lemon juice and Parmesan cheese and whisk until thoroughly blended.
    • Remove from heat and serve.

    Notes

    The only prep is to get the ingredients together so you don't have to stop once you start making the sauce. If you buy ungrated cheese and I hope you do, now would be a good time to grate it.
    That's it. Couldn't be more simple, but you won't believe how good it is because you are starting with a great base for the sauce.

     

     

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    1. Stephanie Csornok

      November 25, 2019 at 6:10 pm

      While not ideal, would bottled clam sauce work in place of lobster reduction?

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      • G. Stephen Jones

        November 26, 2019 at 4:16 pm

        Stephanie, not ideal but I suppose it could work if you reduced it down but with good commercial products now readily available, why not purchase real lobster stock or a lobster stock reduction?

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