Recipes For Whole Plaice
In a roasting tin add the oil onions bay leaves and cider.
Recipes for whole plaice. Swedes usually serve whole plaice with new potatoes and remouladsås remoulade sauce. Meanwhile make the tarragon and anchovy butter. Preheat the oven to 200c 400f gas 6. Simply season with a little salt and brush with olive oil before placing under a hot grill for few minutes or in a hot oven on a lined baking tray.
Peel the skin off the top when cooked and coat with a simple herb butter hollandaise or beurre blanc sauce. As plaice is a flat fish the top and bottom fillets look very different even though they are from the same fish. Fried whole plaice is probably the most loved fish for everyday meals in sweden. The combination of anchovy and sage is known in italy as il tartufo di pescatore or the fisherman s truffle.
It is good value compared with many other fish and although filleted plaice is easier to fry whole plaice has much more flavour. Because it s cooked whole on the bone it retains maximum flavor. Plaice is available all year round and can be bought fresh or frozen and filleted or whole. Plaice is available fresh or frozen and can be bought whole or as fillets.
Add a beautiful buttery whole roast plaice along with waxy new potatoes and salty sea vegetables and you have a real catch on your hands. When considering portions for serving plaice you will probably want to allow at least two fillets per person. Place in the oven for 15 20 minutes. A ballymaloe classic this simple cooking technique can be used not only for baking plaice and sole but for all very fresh flat fish such as turbot flounder and lemon sole.
You could also try cooking a whole plaice for an impressive dinner for two smother with butter and lemon juice and simply roast in the oven until a knife goes easily through the flesh to the bone. This delicate white fish can be grilled steamed cooked in parcels or added to a comforting bake. Plaice is a type of british flatfish which has bright orange spots and is native to united kingdom waters. The skin on the top fillet will be a dark brownish colour with orange spots.
The skin on the bottom fillet will be white. 4 very fresh plaice or sole on the bone 2 to 4 ounces butter 4 teaspoons mixed finely chopped fresh parsley chives fennel and thyme leaves salt and freshly ground pepper.