Dover Sole Fillets With Cashew Chutney Recipes

PAN-FRIED DOVER SOLE

Steps:

• Spread crushed crackers onto a plate. Pour eggs into a shallow dish.
• Place fish in a 1-gallon plastic bag and add flour; gently shake until completely coated.
• Heat oil in a large, non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Dip each flour-coated piece of fish in the egg, allowing excess to drip back into dish. Press coated fish in the cracker crumbs until evenly coated.
• Fry fish in the hot oil until lightly browned and fish flakes easily with a fork, about 5 minutes per side. Season fish with dill and salt.

PAN-FRIED DOVER SOLE WITH WARM TOMATO COMPOTE

Steps:

• Make the compote. Heat the oil in a large, non-stick frying pan, then sizzle the shallots for 2 mins until starting to soften. Season with salt, pepper and the sugar. Add the tomatoes, then cook for 2-3 mins over a high heat until they start to release their juice. Drizzle over the vinegar, bubble for a few mins, turn off the heat, then scatter over the coriander. Transfer to a plate.
• Now start the fish. With a large chef's knife, cut off the head just past the gill (you can use this for stock). Using a pair of kitchen scissors, trim away the frills from either side of the fish. Squeeze out any roe from the cavity then pick out and wash away any blood. Pat dry with kitchen paper. You will now have a trimmed slipper-shaped fish ready to be pan-fried.
• In a large, shallow dish mix the flour with cayenne pepper and season with salt. Dip each fish in the seasoned flour to completely coat, then pat off the excess. Set the fish aside.
• Heat the oil in a large, non-stick frying pan until hot. Place the floured fish in the pan, skinned side down. Shake the pan a little, then cook the fish, undisturbed, for about 4 mins until golden brown.
• Using a fish slice, carefully turn the fish over, then continue to cook on the underside for 2-3 mins until it has shrunk and is starting to come away from the bone. Add the pieces of butter to the outside of the pan and let them sizzle into the oil.
• Fry the fish for another 2-3 mins, constantly spooning the buttery oil over it to finish the cooking and keep it moist.
• Squeeze the lemon half through your fingers over the fish and cook for about 30 secs longer. Remove from the heat, then rest the fish in the pan for 2 mins.
• To remove the bones, sit the fish on a board, skinned side up. Run a fine fish slice or filleting knife down the natural line in the centre of the fish. Push the fillets away from bone, but leave them attached to the outside of the fish. Working from the head end of the fish, slowly pull the main skeleton out, easing the fillets aside as the bone comes loose. Carefully push the fillets back to reform so it resembles the whole fish again.
• Serve on a large plate with the tomatoes and some buttered new potatoes.

DOVER SOLE FILLETS WITH CASHEW CHUTNEY

Steps:

• For the chutney (prep time includes marinating chutney, you can make the night before), mix all ingredients and allow flavors to mingle for about 3 hours- if you are in a pinch, it's fine to marinate it for less time.
• Rinse fillets and pat dry-- make sure they are not slippery at all.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Put olive oil in the bottom of a baking dish, tilt to coat bottom.
• Combine ginger garlic paste with tumeric, chili powder, cumin and salt and rub this all over the fillets on both sides.
• Take each fillet and place about 3 tablespoons of chutney near the wide end and roll it up.
• Place fillet rolls seam side down in the oiled dish.
• Bake in preheated oven.
• Fish are done when they flake with a fork, about 30 minutes (watch closely; if your fillets are a little smaller or they are rolled a little bigger, the cooking time will vary).
• Serves 4- 8, depending on the size of your fillets- we serve 2 per person.

BROILED SOLE FILLETS WITH GARLIC HERB SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler.
• Grease a baking sheet.
• Whisk together the oil, lemon juice, garlic and parsley in a small bowl.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Arrange the fillets on the prepared baking sheet.
• Drizzle with some of the flavored oil.
• If the fillets are less than 1/4 inch thick, broil for 2 to 4 minutes, until the fish is firm and barely cooked through.
• If the fillets are thicker, broil for 8 to 10 minutes per inch of thickness.
• Serve hot.