Whole roast plaice with anchovy and sage butter, new potatoes and sea vegetables

Name: Whole roast plaice with anchovy and sage butter, new potatoes and sea vegetables
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 500g new potatoes, cut into 1cm rounds; Olive oil to drizzle; Sea salt flakes; 2 lemons, 1 thinly sliced, ½ juiced and ½ cut into wedges to serve; 75g butter, plus an extra knob for frying; 3 fresh sage sprigs, leaves finely chopped, a few reserved whole; 5 anchovy fillets in oil, drained and chopped; 160g mixed sea vegetables (see tip); 1 large sustainable whole plaice

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:50min

The combination of anchovy and sage is known in Italy as ‘il tartufo di pescatore’ or ‘the fisherman’s truffle’. Add a beautiful buttery whole roast plaice along with waxy new potatoes and salty sea vegetables, and you have a real catch on your hands. Need a speedier fish dish? Try this plaice with lemon parsley butter and crushed potatoes.

Updated at: Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:42:24 GMT