Pike perch in white wine butter

AUTHOR
Melissa Olsen
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 2
COOK TIME
45 mins
TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 2 Shallots or small onions
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 750 g Pike-perch fillet (with skin)
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice
  • 125-150 g cold butter
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 450 g Frozen leaf spinach
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp Nutmeg
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Flour
  • 4-6 Stem(s) Thyme
  • 150 g cherry tomatoes
  • 100 ml dry white wine
  • 2 TABLESPOONS White wine vinegar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Organic Lemon

Directions

  1. 1

    Peel shallots and garlic and dice finely. Wash the fish, dab dry and cut into 4 pieces. Cut the skin 2x with a sharp knife. Sprinkle fish with lemon juice. Dice butter and chill again

  2. 2

    Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pot. Sauté the garlic and half the shallots in it until translucent. Add spinach unfrozen and about 100 ml water. Cover and steam over low heat for about 15 minutes.

  3. 3

    Season fish with salt and pepper, turn in flour, tap. Fry in 2 tablespoons of hot oil in a large coated pan for 3-4 minutes on each side. Wash the thyme and tomatoes, fry briefly

  4. 4

    Boil up the rest of the shallots, wine, vinegar, a little salt and pepper. Reduce for about 2 minutes until only the bottom of the pot is covered. Gradually stir in butter over low heat (do not boil, remove the pot from the heat more often). Season sauce with salt and pepper. Season spinach with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Arrange everything, garnish with lemon. A wild rice mixture goes well with it

  5. 5

    Drink: cool white wine

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
540 kcal
CARBS
7 g
FATS
36 g
PROTEINS
42 g

Categories & Tags

Main DishesFishChristmas