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LEMON SOLE WITH SEAWEED BUTTER AND ASPARAGUS

LEMON SOLE WITH SEAWEED BUTTER AND ASPARAGUS

This dish highlights the delicate flavour of lemon sole, lending a subtle smoky char. But here’s where it gets really exciting: the umami-packed seaweed butter adds a layer of oceanic freshness that gives the fish a luxurious touch. Delicious with charred asparagus alongside and fresh lemon to squeeze over.

INGREDIENTS

SERVES: 4

4 lemon sole fillets, skin on (150–170g each), pin-boned

2 bunches of asparagus (about 350g each)

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Salt and freshly ground pepper

 

For seaweed butter

150g butter, softened

3 tbsp dried seaweed flakes

Finely grated zest of 1 lemon

1 garlic clove, finely grated

1 tbsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley

1 tbsp finely chopped dill

 

To serve

4 lemon wedges

METHOD

1: First make the seaweed butter. Put the softened butter into a bowl. If the seaweed flakes are large, pop them into a spice grinder or mini food processor and grind to smaller flakes. Add to the butter with the lemon zest, garlic and chopped herbs. Season just with pepper for now (as the seaweed adds quite a lot of salt). Mix together until evenly combined.

2: Spread about 2 tbsp of the seaweed butter on an oven tray and lay the lemon sole fillets, skin side down, on top. Spread half the remaining seaweed butter over the top of the fish fillets.

3: To prepare the asparagus, bend each spear near the base until it breaks naturally and discard the woody ends. Drizzle the asparagus spears with the extra virgin olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

4: Place the oven tray directly on the barbecue for 8–10 minutes until the fish is just cooked. Around halfway through cooking, add the asparagus spears to the barbecue, laying them directly on the grid. Cook for 1–2 minutes on each side until lightly charred.

5: Remove the fish from the barbecue and carefully transfer to serving plates, spooning over any melted butter from the oven tray. Dot the remaining butter on top of the fish. Serve the asparagus on the side, along with lemon wedges for squeezing.

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INGREDIENTS

SERVES: 4

4 lemon sole fillets, skin on (150–170g each), pin-boned

2 bunches of asparagus (about 350g each)

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Salt and freshly ground pepper

 

For seaweed butter

150g butter, softened

3 tbsp dried seaweed flakes

Finely grated zest of 1 lemon

1 garlic clove, finely grated

1 tbsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley

1 tbsp finely chopped dill

 

To serve

4 lemon wedges

METHOD

1: First make the seaweed butter. Put the softened butter into a bowl. If the seaweed flakes are large, pop them into a spice grinder or mini food processor and grind to smaller flakes. Add to the butter with the lemon zest, garlic and chopped herbs. Season just with pepper for now (as the seaweed adds quite a lot of salt). Mix together until evenly combined.

2: Spread about 2 tbsp of the seaweed butter on an oven tray and lay the lemon sole fillets, skin side down, on top. Spread half the remaining seaweed butter over the top of the fish fillets.

3: To prepare the asparagus, bend each spear near the base until it breaks naturally and discard the woody ends. Drizzle the asparagus spears with the extra virgin olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

4: Place the oven tray directly on the barbecue for 8–10 minutes until the fish is just cooked. Around halfway through cooking, add the asparagus spears to the barbecue, laying them directly on the grid. Cook for 1–2 minutes on each side until lightly charred.

5: Remove the fish from the barbecue and carefully transfer to serving plates, spooning over any melted butter from the oven tray. Dot the remaining butter on top of the fish. Serve the asparagus on the side, along with lemon wedges for squeezing.

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