Shrimp And Crab Stuffed Flounder With Lobster Gravy

[RAmorris]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]n105856[/ATTACH] This recipe is from BBQ Pit Boys. We served it last night when our son and daughter-in-law came over for dinner. We also had garlic bread, Caesar salad with shrimp and crab meat, and rose wine. Dessert was key lime pie.

Shrimp & Crab Stuffing

Chop 2 stalks celery
Chop ½ cup red bell pepper
Put bell pepper and celery in a bowl
Melt 1 stick (1/4 pound) of butter in a sauce pan
Chop the pre-cooked deveined shrimp into 1 cup of chopped shrimp and put it into the bowl with the bell pepper and celery
Add melted butter to the bowl with the bell pepper, celery and shrimp
Add 1 cup bread crumbs to the bowl and mix it in
Add ¼ cup white wine
Add ½ pound of lump crab meat
Mix it all together in the bowl
Sprinkle with 1 TSP S-P-G (consists of 1 TBS Kosher salt, 2 TBS coarse-ground black pepper, 1 TBS granulated garlic, and 1 TBS paprika)
Add 8 oz. cup sour cream
Mix together well
Add 1 TSP hot pepper sauce
Grate 4 – 5 oz. Pecorino cheese onto mixture
Mix ingredients in bowl thoroughly and put it in the refrigerator

Lobster Gravy
Chop 1 stalk celery and 1 shallot
Chop 1 stalk green onion
Mince 1 clove of garlic
Melt 1 stick (1/4 pound) butter in a sauce pan
Put the chopped celery, shallot and minced garlic in the sauce pan with the melted butter
Stir and cook them down
Add S-P-G
3 cups clam stock
2 cups heavy cream
2 TBS corn starch
2 TBS tomato paste
1 TBS Woostershire sauce
½ TSP cayenne pepper
Stir slowly until thoroughly mixed
Chop up 4 - 6 oz. lobster meat fine
Put lobster in pot which should be simmering and bubbling slowly
Add 1.5 - 2 oz. of Bourbon
Sprinkle on paprika
After 10-15 minutes of low simmer, take off of stove.

Stuffed Fillets

Cut 2 lemons in half
Squeeze lemon over first flounder fillet, put stuffing from bowl on top of fish fillet, and roll the fillet up over the stuffing
Prepare each of the 6 fish fillets like this
Place the 6 fillets in a dry 12” black iron pan
Cut one of the left-over lemons into 8 wedges and put these in the center of the pan with the stuffed fillets
Pour the lobster gravy evenly over the fillets to about an inch from the top of the pan
Sprinkle on some paprika
Cook on indirect heat on grill or in oven at 350 degrees F for about 45 minutes. Dish should be bubbling for the last 10-15 minutes that it cooks
Remove and let rest for 15 minutes
In serving, ladle lobster gravy from the pan over each fillet

[Jerod Broussard]

I saw that on my YouTube play list. Figured it would make me waaaaaay too hungry to watch. So I watched a standing blender show down on America's Test Kitchen's channel instead.