Recipe is designed for foodservice use and is not intended for consumer scaling of less than 12 servings.
Category: Appetizer
Re-Calculate: Ingredients
Seared Fluke
- 6 6 6oz. OUNCE_USVolumebasil oil
- Prepared Brown Rice (recipe follows)
- 3 3 3large ripe Fresh Hass Avocados, peeled, seeded, sliced thin end to end
- 12 12 12each Fluke portions, 2-3 oz. each, center loin skin on fillet
- Red wine reduction (recipe follows)
- Balsamic reduction (recipe follows)
- 3 3 3oz. OUNCE_USVolumemixed micro herbs
- Ginger Vinaigrette (recipe follows)
Prepared Brown Rice
- 1 1 1cup CUP_USVolumebrown rice
- 2 2 2cups CUP_USVolumevegetable stock
- Salt, as needed
Red wine reduction
- 12 12 12oz. OUNCE_USVolumered wine
Balsamic vinegar reduction
- 12 12 12oz. OUNCE_USVolumebalsamic vinegar
Ginger Vinaigrette
- 1 1 1each green onion
- 2 2 2each fresh garlic clove
- 2 2 2Tbsp. TABLESPOON_USVolumesesame oil
- 1 1 1Tbsp. TABLESPOON_USVolumefresh lime juice
- 1 1/2 1.5 1.5Tbsp. TABLESPOON_USVolumerice vinegar
- 1 1 1Tbsp. TABLESPOON_USVolumeginger, peeled, chopped
- 1 1 1Tbsp. TABLESPOON_USVolumehoney
- 1/4 .25 .25cup CUP_USVolumeolive oil
Brown rice preparation
- Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan; bring to a boil, stir, cover with a tight lid then simmer until done, about 45 minutes.
- Spread on a half sheet pan to cool. Reserve.
Red wine reduction preparation
- Simmer red wine over low heat until reduced by half. Reserve.
Balsamic reduction preparation
- Simmer Balsamic vinegar over low heat until reduced by half. Reserve.
Ginger Vinaigrette Preparation
- Mince all vegetables, then mix with lime, rice vinegar and honey. Whisk in olive oil. Refrigerate for 45 minutes, then strain through a fine mesh and discard vegetables. Whisk to emulsify. Refrigerate until needed.
Per order
- Sear the fluke on the skinless side till is has very good color, but is not more than 25% cooked. With the seared side down slice on a bias, turn over and shingle out.
- Brush a broad stroke of 1 Tbsp. basil oil diagonally across the plate.
- Across the basil oil with a rectangle mold add 1/4 cup brown rice.
- On the rice, place a thinly sliced fan of one quarter of an avocado.
- Over the avocado lay the fluke.
- Add alternating dots of 5 each red wine and 5 each balsamic reductions, 1/2 Tbsp. total of each.
- Dress 1/4 oz. micro herbs with 1/4 oz. ginger vinaigrette and use as garnish.
* A large avocado weights about 8 oz. as purchased
Supplied by: Chef Peter Rudolph, formerly of Campton Place
Supplied by: Chef Peter Rudolph, formerly of Campton Place

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