Brown Butter Sole with Peas and Mussels

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Ingredients

  • ml Sunflower Oil
  • g Butter
  •   Soft Flour, to dust
  •   4 Lemon Sole Fillets
  • g Fresh Peas, (frozen also works well)
  • g Rope Mussels, washed and de-bearded
  • ml Dry Cider
  •   1 Lemon
  •   Large Handful Pea Shoots

Method

  • 1

    Step 1

    Peel the lemon and neatly segment the fruit.
  • 2

    Step 2

    Reserve the juice.
  • 3

    Step 3

    Warm a deep sided pan and add the prepared mussels, cider and place a lid on to steam open.
  • 4

    Step 4

    Remove the mussels and keep warm – reserve 12 in their shell for garnish.
  • 5

    Step 5

    Strain the cooking liquid through a muslin cloth to remove any grit.
  • 6

    Step 6

    Add the peas to the cooking liquid. NB If using fresh peas these should be blanched then refreshed for this stage.
  • 7

    Step 7

    Heat the oil in a frying pan.
  • 8

    Step 8

    Season the sole fillets and pass through the flour to dust.
  • 9

    Step 9

    Add the fish fillets presentation side first and cook for 1-2 minutes (depends on thickness).
  • 10

    Step 10

    Carefully turn over and remove the pan from the stove. The residual heat will cook the fish through.
  • 11

    Step 11

    Warm a small saucepan and add the butter and cook until it starts to turn nut brown in colour.
  • 12

    Step 12

    Add the lemon juice to the butter to flavour and prevent butter cooking too far.
  • 13

    Step 13

    Meanwhile drain the sole and plate up.
  • 14

    Step 14

    Return the mussels to the peas.
  • 15

    Step 15

    Spoon peas and mussels over the fish and finally drizzle over the nut-brown butter.
  • 16

    Step 16

    Scatter with pea shoots and garnish with the lemon segments.

Ingredients

  • 20 ml Sunflower Oil
  • 50 g Butter
  • Soft Flour, to dust
  • 4 Lemon Sole Fillets
  • 200 g Fresh Peas, (frozen also works well)
  • 300 g Rope Mussels, washed and de-bearded
  • 100 ml Dry Cider
  • 1 Lemon
  • Large Handful Pea Shoots