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Steamed plaice in a creamy white wine sauce with broccoli, asparagus and mushrooms
Photo: Andrew Ridley

Steamed plaice in a creamy white wine sauce with broccoli, asparagus and mushrooms

14 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

Plaice is well suited to steaming as it retains the delicate flavour and texture of the fish. Try it with James Martin's cream sauce for a little luxury.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

538
Calories
31g
Protein
31g
Fat
32g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Salmon 100g cooked 208
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Broccoli 1 cup chopped (156g) 55
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Asparagus 6 spears (90g) 27
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Mushroom 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Cocktail not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 whole plaice
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper
  • 4 cocktail sticks, soaked in water
  • 1 head of broccoli
  • 12 spears of asparagus
  • 100g/3½oz unsalted butter
  • 2 shallots
  • 1 garlic
  • fish bones, reserved from filleting the plaice
  • 200ml/7fl oz white wine
  • 200ml/7fl oz fish stock
  • 200ml/7fl oz double cream
  • 300g/10oz mushrooms
  • 2 tbsp chopped flatfleaf parsley

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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