Crab-stuffed Sole Fillets
B.C. sole fillets, filled with a rich crabmeat mixture, baked, plated and topped with buttery pan juices.
Recipe - Quality Foods
Crab-stuffed Sole Fillets
Prep Time30 Minutes
Servings2
Cook Time15 Minutes
Ingredients
1 (120 gram can) crabmeat (see Note)
1/4 cup dried fine breadcrumbs
2 Tbsp freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 large egg white
1 small garlic clove, minced
3 Tbsp melted butter (divided)
1/4 tsp finely grated lemon zest
1 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp finely chopped fresh tarragon, dill or parsley (divided)
salt and ground white pepper, to taste
4 small sole fillets, each about 2 1/2- to 3-ounces (70- to 85-grams)
2 Tbsp fish or chicken stock
1 Tbsp white wine
fresh tarragon, dill or parsley sprigs, and lemon slices, for garnish 4901
Directions
- Set a fine sieve in a sink and drain the crabmeat into it. Firmly push on the crabmeat to remove the excess liquid in it. Put the crabmeat in a bowl and add the breadcrumbs, cheese, egg white, garlic, 1 Tbsp of the melted butter, lemon zest, lemon juice and 1 tsp of the chopped tarragon (or dill or parsley). Season this crab stuffing with salt and pepper, and then mix well to combine.
- Set out a 13- x 9-inch baking pan. Lay the sole fillets flat on a work surface. Measure a scant 1/4-cup of the crab stuffing, and then compact it in your hand, creating a 2-inch or so long, oblong ball of stuffing. Set that ball at the narrow end of one of the sole fillets. Repeat these steps with the remaining crab filling. Roll each sole fillet into a tight cylinder and set in the baking pan, seam-side down. (Fish can be readied to this point several hours before cooking. Cover and keep refrigerated until needed).
- Preheat oven to 400 F. Combine remaining melted butter, stock and wine in a small bowl, and then pour over the fish. Season sole with salt and pepper. Bake, uncovered, 13 to 15 minutes, or until sole is cooked and crab stuffing is hot. Set 2 sole fillets on each of 2 plates, spoon the pan juices over top, sprinkle with remaining chopped tarragon (or dill or parsley), and serve.
Note: Cans of crabmeat are sold in canned seafood aisle. Cloverleaf brand 15% Leg Crabmeat was used when testing this recipe.
30 minutes
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
2
Servings
Shop Ingredients
Makes 2 servings
Western Family - Wild Crab Meat - 50% Leg Meat, 170 Gram
$7.99$4.70/100g
Abigails Kitchen - Original Bread Crumbs, 400 Gram
$5.19$1.30/100g
Shredded - Parmesan Light, Fresh, 160 Gram
$9.58 avg/ea$5.99/100g
Western Family - Medium Eggs White, 12 Each
$4.25$0.35 each
Garlic - Bulb, Mesh, 3 Each
$1.49$0.50 each
Western Family - Salted Creamery Butter, 454 Gram
$6.79$1.50/100g
Lemons - Large, 1 Each
$1.19
ReaLemon - Lemon Juice Squeezers, 125 Millilitre
$2.19$1.75/100ml
Western Family - Fresh Tarragon, 20 Gram
$2.99$14.95/100g
Windsor - Salt & Pepper Shakers, 155 Gram
$6.49$4.19/100g
Sole - Wild Fresh Fillets, 250 Gram
$6.23 avg/ea was $7.48 avg/ea$2.49/100g
Western Family - Chicken Broth, 946 Millilitre
$2.69$0.28/100ml
Western Family - White Wine Vinegar, 500 Millilitre
$5.39$1.08/100ml
Parsley - Italian, Fresh, 1 Each
$2.49
Directions
- Set a fine sieve in a sink and drain the crabmeat into it. Firmly push on the crabmeat to remove the excess liquid in it. Put the crabmeat in a bowl and add the breadcrumbs, cheese, egg white, garlic, 1 Tbsp of the melted butter, lemon zest, lemon juice and 1 tsp of the chopped tarragon (or dill or parsley). Season this crab stuffing with salt and pepper, and then mix well to combine.
- Set out a 13- x 9-inch baking pan. Lay the sole fillets flat on a work surface. Measure a scant 1/4-cup of the crab stuffing, and then compact it in your hand, creating a 2-inch or so long, oblong ball of stuffing. Set that ball at the narrow end of one of the sole fillets. Repeat these steps with the remaining crab filling. Roll each sole fillet into a tight cylinder and set in the baking pan, seam-side down. (Fish can be readied to this point several hours before cooking. Cover and keep refrigerated until needed).
- Preheat oven to 400 F. Combine remaining melted butter, stock and wine in a small bowl, and then pour over the fish. Season sole with salt and pepper. Bake, uncovered, 13 to 15 minutes, or until sole is cooked and crab stuffing is hot. Set 2 sole fillets on each of 2 plates, spoon the pan juices over top, sprinkle with remaining chopped tarragon (or dill or parsley), and serve.
Note: Cans of crabmeat are sold in canned seafood aisle. Cloverleaf brand 15% Leg Crabmeat was used when testing this recipe.