Georgia Shad and Shad Roe

Name: Georgia Shad and Shad Roe
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: southern
Ingredients: 8 shad fillets; 1 cup flour; Salt and pepper to taste; 1/4 pound unsalted butter, clarified; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 4 sets of shad roe; 3/4 cup chicken stock; 3/4 cup dry white wine; Juice of 1 lemon

Recipe from Cicero and Laurie Garner

Adapted by Marian Burros

Total Time: 30 minutes
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Ingredients

Yield:8 servings

8shad fillets
1cup flour
Salt and pepper to taste
¼pound unsalted butter, clarified
1tablespoon olive oil
4sets of shad roe
¾cup chicken stock
¾cup dry white wine
Juice of 1 lemon

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Preparation

Step 1
Dip shad fillets in mixture of flour, salt and pepper.
Step 2
Heat clarified butter and olive oil in a skillet and over low heat slowly cook the shad roe, which has been pricked in a few places. Cook only until it is brown on the outside but pink inside, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside; keep warm.
Step 3
Raise heat and saute shad quickly. Remove and set aside. Keep warm.
Step 4
Add the chicken stock, wine and lemon to pan and cook quickly over high heat to reduce by half.
Step 5
Return roe to pan. Heat through.
Step 6
Arrange shad on heated platter with roe. Pour most of sauce from pan and a little over the shad.