IN SEASON


Plaice


PLAICE WITH LEMON & PARSLEY BUTTER


SERVES 2


Put dinner fi rmly in its plaice with tender grilled fi sh fi llets topped with melting lemon and herb butter and served with garlicky spinach and nutty seasonal new potatoes on the side.


500g potatoes 50g butter, room temperature Handful of fl at leaf parsley 1 lemon Sea salt and freshly ground pepper 2 shallots 1 garlic clove


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1 tbsp olive oil


2-4 plaice fi llets, depending on how large they are 100g baby leaf spinach


1 Scrub the potatoes (no need to peel them), chop them into bite-size chunks and add them to a pan. Pour in enough cold water to cover the potatoes by 4-5cm and bring to the boil, then simmer for 10-15 mins, until the potatoes are tender.


2 Meanwhile, scoop half the room temperature butter into a small bowl. Finely chop the parsley, leaves and stalks, and add it to the butter. Grate in the lemon zest. Add a pinch of salt and pepper


and mash together with a fork. Set aside.


3 Peel and fi nely chop the shallots. Peel and thinly slice the garlic.


4 Warm 1 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan on a medium heat. Slide the shallots and garlic into the pan. Add a little salt and pepper and fry for 3-4 mins, stirring occasionally, until softened.


5 While the shallots fry, set your grill to high. Line a baking tray with foil and lay the plaice fi llets on top. Dot the herb butter over the plaice. Slide the fi sh under the hot grill and cook for 4-5 mins,


until the butter is bubbling, and the fi sh is cooked. It will fl ake easily when pressed with a fork.


6 Add the baby leaf spinach to the pan and cook with the shallots for 2-3 mins, stirring to wilt it.


7 When the potatoes are cooked, drain them and tip back into the pan. Add the remaining butter and a pinch of salt and pepper and roll the spuds around until coated. Divide the potatoes and spinach between a couple of plates. Top with the plaice fi llets and serve with wedges of the remaining lemon on the side.


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