Recipe Turbot Whole
Combine the lemon juice mustard olive oil and parsley in a bowl and mix thoroughly.
Recipe turbot whole. This recipe is by tomos parry chef and founder of brat restaurant. When cooking turbot whole ensure that it s been gutted with gills and scales removed or this can impart an unpleasant bitter taste. 2 tablespoons dijon mustard. Ingredients 1 whole 4lb ish 1 5kg 2kg turbot 6 sprigs of rosemary sea salt pepper 2 fl oz 75ml cider vinegar 3 fl oz 100ml good olive oil.
Pre heat the oven to 355 f 180 c now rinse the potatoes thoroughly then reduce into very thin slices after that season the potatoes with half of the lemon mustard sauce season the turbot as well with the remaining sauce. The only stumbling block can be the price. Serving a whole turbot may seem extravagant but it s simple to prepare and makes a memorable centrepiece. At this point place the fish and the potatoes over a tray lined with parchment paper and bake about 20 25 minutes until the fish is.
Salt seals in moisture making it an excellent way to bake turbot making the fish succulent but not salty. Oven baked turbot with potatoes. A general rule for cooking fish is to measure the flesh at its thickest point and cook eight to 10 minutes per inch four to five minutes per half inch. Vicky wasik grilled whole turbot is a mainstay on the spanish basque coast particularly in the fishing village of getaria which is famous for the seafood that arrives at the docks from the bay of biscay and the region s bright energetic white wine txakoli you may also hear it called txakolina a flat fish with very high amounts of natural gelatin turbot is well suited for.
Wild turbot can be ridiculously expensive up to 25 euro a kilo for fillets. L can still remember these massive whole turbot the size of a small child arriving into the kitchen sticking out of styrofoam boxes. Using a sharp knife cut 2 3 times incisions into the thickest part of the top fillet. Cooking turbot whole with the bones is always preferable as it adds flavour to the fish.
4 tablespoons olive oil. Preheat oven to 425 fahrenheit. Cooking a whole fish makes an impressive dinner party main. Rinse the turbot under cold running water then pat dry with kitchen paper.
4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley. Back when i was a young commis chef it was a lot cheaper. 4 tablespoons lemon juice. Try serving turbot with a potato puree or a fresh garden salad.
Anyone who has enjoyed the luxury of diving in to a whole roast turbot can attest to the fact that this dish is a treat of the highest order and not only because of the decadent price. Place fish in an oven safe dish and top with the lemon mustard mixture. In fact he loves turbot so much that he names his restaurant after it.