Beverly’s entrée to be featured on Food Network

An entrée from Beverly’s Restaurant at The Coeur d’Alene Resort will be featured on an upcoming edition of the Food Network’s “The Best of” program.

Jim Barrett, head chef of Beverly’s, prepared the restaurant’s Idaho Rainbow Trout and Prawn Napoleon with Lemon-Shallot Beurre Blanc Sauce on camera. It is part of a show on “Potato Plates” which airs Thursday at 10:30 p.m. and again on Friday at 2:30 a.m., according to the Food Network’s Web site.

The show also will include a recipe for Sweet Potato Cakes, from Sweet Potato Sensations of Detroit, Mich.; Crispy Potato Pancake with Applesauce and Goat Cheese from The Market Place restaurant in Asheville, N.C.; and Amangani Breakfast Potato from Amangani in Jackson Hole, Wyo.

If you can’t catch the program, the recipes can be found online at the Food Network’s Web site: www.foodnetwork.com. For anyone ambitious enough to re-create the dish from Beverly’s at home, here’s the recipe. Beverly’s can be reached by calling (208) 765-4000.

Idaho Rainbow Trout and Prawn Napoleon with Lemon-Shallot Beurre Blanc Sauce

From Jim Barrett, Beverly’s Restaurant, Coeur d’Alene

8 (4-ounce) rainbow trout fillets

16 large (size U-15) prawns, peeled and deveined

1 tablespoon kosher salt

1 tablespoon granulated garlic

1 tablespoon lemon pepper

4 tablespoons olive oil, divided

1 cup Chardonnay wine, divided

6 cups Idaho Mashed Potatoes (recipe follows)

16 asparagus spears, cooked and kept warm

1/2 cup cooked spinach, kept warm

Lemon-Shallot Beurre Blanc Sauce (recipe follows)

24 Idaho Potato Gaufrette Chips (recipe follows)

Preheat oven to 250 degrees.

Season trout fillets and prawns with salt, garlic and lemon pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat and then place trout fillets in the pan, skin-side down. Sauté fish for 1 minute, turn, and cook for 1 more minute, or until fish is just cooked through. Add 1/2 cup chardonnay to the pan and hold in a warm oven until ready to serve. In another sauté pan, heat remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil, add shrimp, and cook for 1 to 2 minutes on each side. Add the remaining 1/2 cup chardonnay to the pan and hold in warm oven.

To serve: In the middle of each entrée plate, place 1/3 cup hot Idaho Mashed Potatoes. Place 2 spears of asparagus on top of the potatoes. Place 1 portion of cooked trout on top of the asparagus, and then place 1/3 cup additional mashed potatoes on trout. Place 1 tablespoon of cooked spinach on the potatoes and top with 2 prawns. Drizzle each plate with a little Lemon-Shallot Beurre Blanc Sauce, and garnish each plate with 3 Gaufrette Chips.

Yield: 8 servings

Nutrition per serving: Unable to calculate.

Idaho Mashed Potatoes

8 large Idaho potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces

2 teaspoons salt, divided

6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

1 cup heavy cream

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper

Place potatoes in a medium saucepan and cover the potatoes with water by 1 inch. Add 1 teaspoon salt and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, and simmer until the potatoes are fork tender, about 12 to 15 minutes. Drain into a colander. In a mixing bowl, mash potatoes until no lumps remain, and then add butter. Next add cream, remaining 1 teaspoon salt and pepper. Cover and keep warm until ready to serve.

Yield: About 6 cups

Lemon-Shallot Beurre Blanc Sauce

1/4 cup Champagne vinegar

1 cup chardonnay wine

2 tablespoons minced shallots

3 tablespoons heavy cream

1/2 pound unsalted butter

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

1/4 teaspoon white pepper

In a small heavy saucepan, boil the Champagne vinegar and chardonnay with the shallots over high heat until only 1 tablespoon of liquid remains. Add heavy cream and cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat and add butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, whisking after each addition until melted before adding more. When all the butter has been incorporated, whisk in the lemon juice, kosher salt, and white pepper. Hold the sauce in a warm spot but not over direct heat.

Idaho Potato Gaufrette Chips

Vegetable oil, for deep frying

1 medium Idaho potato, peeled

Salt

Heat oil in a deep fryer to 350 degrees. Alternatively, fill a large, deep, heavy pot halfway with oil and heat to 350 degrees. Using a mandoline, make very thin, cross-cut potato slices. Fry until golden brown. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate to drain and salt lightly.

Yield: about 24 chips