Ingredients

• 1 skate wing
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 50g/1¾oz butter
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 25g/1oz capers from a jar
• drained
• 1 lemon
• juice only
• 50g/1¾oz olives
• stones removed
• 2 tomatoes
• chopped
• 1 handful fresh parsley
• 1 handful fresh basil
• torn
• 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
• 1 tbsp olive oil

Directions

• For the skate with nut-brown butter
• season the skate on both sides with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Heat the butter with the oil in a frying pan and cook the skate for 3-4 minutes on each side
• or until almost cooked through.
• Add the capers
• lemon juice and olives and warm through.
• For the tomato and herb salad
• place all of the salad ingredients into a bowl and mix well.
• To serve
• place the skate onto a plate
• drizzle over the nut-brown butter and place the salad alongside.