FILETS DE SOLE Ã LA CANCALAISE (POACHED SOLE WITH OYSTERS AND PRAWNS)
FILETS DE SOLE Ã LA CANCALAISE (POACHED SOLE WITH OYSTERS AND PRAWNS)
FILETS DE SOLE Ã LA CANCALAISE (POACHED SOLE WITH OYSTERS AND PRAWNS)

Ingredients
  • 3 x 150–175g/5½oz–6oz Dover or lemon sole fillets
  • halved lengthways
  • 3 tbsp butter
  • 6 large oysters
  • shucked
  • juice reserved
  • 250ml/9fl oz dry white wine
  • 1 shallot
  • thinly sliced
  • 100ml/3½fl oz fish stock
  • 2 tbsp crème fraîche
  • 125ml/4½oz double cream
  • 1 lemon
  • juice only
  • 1 leek
  • cut into thin strips
  • 1 large carrot
  • cut into thin strips
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 6 raw tiger prawns
  • peeled
  • deveined and butterflied
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
  • Preheat the oven to 180C/200C Fan/Gas 5.
  • Roll up the sole fillets and keep in place with a small
  • sharp wooden skewer.
  • Grease an ovenproof dish with 1 tablespoon of the butter. Add the sole fillets
  • oyster juice
  • half the wine
  • shallot and fish stock and season with salt and pepper.
  • Cover tightly with kitchen foil and bake for 10 minutes
  • turning halfway though
  • until the flesh is opaque and cooked through.
  • Spoon 4 tablespoons of the poaching liquor into a saucepan over a medium heat. Add the crème fraîche and double cream and reduce to a thick sauce consistency. Stir in the lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.
  • In a saucepan over a medium heat
  • add the remaining 2 tablespoons butter with an equal amount of water. Add the leek and carrot and cook until soft.
  • In a small saucepan
  • warm the remaining wine over a low heat and poach the oysters for 3 minutes. Remove the oysters and set aside.
  • Meanwhile
  • heat the oil in a frying pan over a high heat. Sear the prawns
  • until pink
  • crisping and cooked through.
  • To serve
  • divide the sole fillet rolls between two plates and place an oyster ontop of each. Garnish with the vegetables and prawns. Drizzle over the cream sauce to finish.