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Lemon sole with crab & tarragon butter sauce
Photo: Elle Hughes

Lemon sole with crab & tarragon butter sauce

8 ingredients 20 min + 20 min Serves 2 openrecipes
Lemon sole with crab & tarragon butter sauce

This whole baked fish looks impressive on a platter for sharing, served simply with potatoes and greens

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

305
Calories
26g
Protein
18g
Fat
10g
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
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Lemon Sole juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Capers 1 tbsp (9g) drained 2
Meat 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

  • 50g butter , softened
  • 1 tbsp chopped tarragon leaves
  • 50g/2oz crab , half white meat, half brown
  • 1 lemon , zested, then cut into thin slices
  • 1 large whole lemon sole or 2 small ones, descaled and gutted (ask your fishmonger to do this), washed and dried
  • 50ml white wine
  • 1 tbsp capers , drained and rinsed
  • 2 tbsp double cream

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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