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Fish with lemon and brown butter sauce
Photo: Gregor Moser

Fish with lemon and brown butter sauce

9 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 2 openrecipes

I use lemon sole for my poisson meunière, but why not try Pacific halibut or even trout? The lemon and brown butter sauce makes a delicious accompaniment to the delicate fish flavours.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

590
Calories
15g
Protein
13g
Fat
105g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Lemon Sole juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Capers 1 tbsp (9g) drained 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Sunflower Oil 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 fillets of lemon sole
  • 3 tbsp plain flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 pinches freshly ground black pepper
  • 1½ tbsp sunflower oil
  • 45g/1½oz butter
  • ½ lemon
  • 1 tbsp chopped flatleaf parsley
  • 1 tbsp small capers

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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