Fried fish fillets with herbs and lemon

Name: Fried fish fillets with herbs and lemon
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: European, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 2 fish fillets; a dash of sunflower oil; 20g butter; sea salt; freshly ground pepper; 1 small garlic clove; Small bunch of flat-leaf parsley; 10-12 basil leaves (or mint); 2 teaspoons capers, rinsed and dried; juice and finely grated zest of 1 small lemon; a little rapeseed or olive oil; creamy potato mash

Instructions

Cook:30min

This simple dish relies on a sort of deconstructed salsa verde - a mixture of fresh herbs, lemon and capers - which is thrown in with the frying fish to flavour it and create an instant, aromatic sauce. It is one of my favourite ways to cooke white fish fillets, but it also works with fillets of trout and salmon, and the real 'oilies', such as mackerel and sardines/ pilchards.

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 23:49:17 GMT