Recipe - Fish In Mustard Sauce

6 Filets of sole or other fish
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tablespoon Butter
1 tablespoon Flour
1 cup Milk
Salt; pepper and nutmeg
1 teaspoon Tarragon
2 Shallots
1 tablespoon White part of green onions
One half cup Dry white wine
1 Egg yolk
2 tablespoon Mustard( Dijon)
One half cup Heavy cream
3 tablespoon Parmesan cheese; grated

1. Preheat oven to 350

2. Season fish with salt and lemon

3. Melt 1 tbs butter in a small saucepan. Stir in flour 1 minute.

4 . Pour in warm milk stirring vigorously, keep stirring until thick.

5. Turn down heat, add salt pepper and nutmeg and simmer 5 minutes,
stirring occasionally.

6. In another saucepan combine shallots, chopped green onions, tarragon,and
wine and simmer until wine is reduced to 2 tbs.

7 Add wine reduction to the thickened milk, and cook 5 minutes, stirring
occasionally.

8. Mix egg yolk and cream and add to sauce.

9. Off the heat, stir in 2 tbs of the mustard to the sauce. Check
seasoning.

10. Drain fish filets.

11. Place fish in a buttered baking dish, pour the sauce on top and
sprinkle parmesan.

12. Bake 15 to 20 to minutes until bubbly, then broil until top is golden.

Serving Ideas : serve with potatoes

NOTES : Use the very best mustard you can find

Recipe by: Miriam Podcameni Posvolsky

Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by Leon & Miriam
Posvolsky miriamp@pobox.com on Oct 21, 1997