Skate with stuffed mushrooms

In this skate dish the fish is bakes with bacon and stuffed mushrooms.  It can be prepared in advance which makes it excellent for a dinner party.  The fish remains moist and has a lovely flavour.

Preparation Time: 20 Mins

Cooking Time: 30 Mins

Total Time: 50 Mins

Ingredients

For 2 servings…

30 gms            Breadcrumbs  - fresh 

1 clove            Garlic  - crushed to a pulp       

2                    Mushrooms  - flat, medium sized

60 gms            Cheese  - hard, grated

2 tbs               Parsley  - chopped    

2 rashers          Bacon  - thin           

1½ tbs            Olive oil    

2 wings           Skate        

¼ tsb             Pepper  - black, freshly ground 

¼ tsp             Salt          

2 tbs               Wine  - dry white     

2 tbs               Tomato purée         

¼ tsp             Curry powder          

1                    Egg  - beaten         

Method

Preheat an oven to 170°C.

Mix together the breadcrumbs with the garlic pulp with the stalks of the mushrooms - finely chopped, the cheese and half the parsley.  Cut the bacon lengthwise into in strips.

Spread olive oil over the base of a shallow baking dish.  In this lay on the skate wings and then season lightly with salt and pepper.   On top of the fish make a trellis of criss-crossed bacon strips.  Spread the gill sides of the mushrooms with the breadcrumbs mixture.  Place a stuffed mushroom on each skate wing.  Mix together the wine, tomato puree, curry powder and the egg.  Spoon carefully overall.  Cover with aluminium foil and bake in the oven 30 minutes.

Serve scattered with the remaining parsley.

Wine recommendations

Needs a white wine.

Conventional

     Chablis

     Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur lie

Interesting

     Jurançon sec

     Picpoul de Pinet

     Pinot Gris

     Vin de pays Charentais blanc