Gratin Aux Fruits De Mer Julia Child

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This is a quick and delicious main course dish that is made by combining a cream sauce with canned salmon or leftover cooked fish. you can use a baking dish or a pastry shell. the original recipe calls for cooked or canned salmon, but you can use any kind of fish or shellfish and it will taste great!!

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

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In a heavy bottomed 2 quart saucepan , cook the onions in butter over low heat for 5 minutes , until onions are tender but not browned.

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Stir in the flour , and cook slowly for 2 minutes without coloring.

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Off heat , beat in the boiling milk , then the wine , salmon juice , and the seasonings.

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Now bring this sauce to a boil over moderately high heat , stirring.

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Boil several minutes to evaporate the alcohol in the wine , and allow the sauce to thicken considerably.

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Then , thin it out to a medium consistency with tablespoons of cream.

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Taste carefully for seasoning.

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Fold the salmon and optional ingredients into the sauce , and check seasoning again.

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Spread in baking dish or pastry shell.

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Sprinkle on the cheese and distribute the butter in pea-sized dots.

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Bake in upper third of oven for about 15 minutes , or until top is nicely browned.

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Ingredients

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onion, butter, flour, milk, dry white wine, juice, salt, pepper, oregano, whipping cream, salmon, swiss cheese, mushroom