Flounder

 I had been eyeing the Flounder at the fish shop for a long time, wondering how cool it would be to roast a whole flounder for dinner one night!  Well I finally gave in a picked up a huge six pounder.  A daunting looking thing that needed to be boned and skinned!  Thankfully I was up to the task.  The Flounder cooks up firm and meaty, with a sweet taste.  It was worth the work to get this fish roasted but I would recommend doing this when you have an afternoon to spare.  The prep is difficult and takes persistence and time.

Home from the fish market with the catch of the day, six pounds of Flounder to prepare for dinner.

The fish eclipses my two foot cutting board!

What a beauty! Thankfully the fish guy had gutted and scaled the beast! 

Remove the head and start to cut back the skin at the large end.

Once you get the skin starting to separate from the meat with a knife you can grab a hold with your hand.  With a fairly large amount of effort you can pull the skin right off the fish and then trim the bones that circle the fish with some kitchen scissors.

Place in a roasting pan, if you can find one big enough.  Oil and salt and pepper the fish, then into a 350 F oven until the internal temp is 165F

Roast to perfection.  Flesh will be opaque and flaky!

The Flounder has meat on both sides of the bones.  With a knife and a fish slice slide off the top fillets.

Pull out the bones.  They will come out easily in one piece at this point in the cook.

This will leave the bottom fillets ready for plating. 

Plate and sauce.  A little browned butter is always nice.

Serve.

Roasted Peppers

Roasted peppers are very easy to do.  When the peppers come out and go on sale I like to buy some up and get them roasted off.  You can freeze the roasted peppers and use them all year long, they go great in omelettes, on pizza or in panini!  

Arrange peppers of any kind on a roasting pan.

Oil them up with Extra Virgin Olive Oil and slide them into a slow oven 300 F will do.

Keep an eye on them they are going to be a couple of hours.

Second hour I like to throw in some garlic heads for roasting. Once again fill cut garlic heads with oil.

Let the peppers get really soft.

Enjoy some of them right out of the oven and bag the rest for the freezer.  They will last a very long time and you can use them to spice up all kinds of dishes over the winter months.