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Pan-fried fillet of pike with crayfish, wilted sorrel and watercress sauce
Photo: Gregor Moser

Pan-fried fillet of pike with crayfish, wilted sorrel and watercress sauce

10 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

Pike is a freshwater fish with a deep flavour that compliments the luxurious richness of crayfish here very well. It has many little bones, so be sure to remove them all before you start cooking.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

162
Calories
2g
Protein
17g
Fat
2g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 9 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Watercress 1 cup (34g) 4
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Crayfish not in our table 0
Rapeseed Oil not in our table 0
Pike not in our table 0
Sorrel 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

  • 12 freshwater crayfish
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 10 peppercorns
  • 250ml/9fl oz single cream
  • 300g/10½oz watercress
  • 1 tsp English mustard
  • rapeseed oil
  • 4 pike
  • knob of butter
  • 1kg/2lb 4oz sorrel

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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