ROASTED DOVER SOLE WITH CAPER BUTTER AND SAUTéED BROAD BEANS AND POTATOES
Ingredients
- 4 whole Dover sole
- skinned
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- to taste
- 50g/2oz butter
- 150g/5oz broad beans
- blanched and podded
- 2 tbsp mint
- roughly chopped
- 200g/7oz potatoes
- cooked and sliced
- 1 clove garlic
- roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp flat leaf parsley
- roughly chopped
- 150g/5oz butter
- melted
- 1 lemon
- zested
- 2 tbsp flat leaf parsley
- roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp dill
- roughly chopped
- 1 banana shallot
- roughly chopped
- 3 tbsp capers
- drained
Directions
- To make the caper butter
- place all the ingredients except the capers into a food processor and blitz to a smooth paste.
- Remove from the food processor into a bowl and add the capers. Mix well.
- Spoon the mixture onto a piece of cling film and form into a roll. Twist both ends of the cling film.
- Place in the fridge until ready to use.
- Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5.
- Heat a griddle pan until very hot.
- Season the fish with salt and black pepper and place onto the griddle pan for one minute until just marked.
- Remove the fish and turn 90 degrees before placing it back on the griddle pan (this will create a criss-cross griddled appearance).
- Cook for a further minute then place the whole griddle pan into the oven for 8-10 minutes until cooked through.
- Remove and place on a serving plate.
- Meanwhile
- heat a frying pan until hot and add half the butter and the broad beans and sauté for two minutes.
- Add the mint and season with black pepper
- to taste.
- Heat a second frying pan until hot and add the remaining butter and potatoes.
- Sauté for 2-3 minutes then add the garlic and sauté for a further minute.
- Add the parsley and season with salt and black pepper.
- To serve
- place the fish onto a serving plate and top with several slices of the caper butter. Place under a hot grill to just melt the butter.
- Spoon the potatoes and broad beans alongside the fish.

