Sole a La Meuniere
- 6 dover sole fillets
- 1 14 teaspoons salt
- 12 teaspoon fresh ground white pepper, plus more to taste
- 34 cup flour (wondra flour is preferable)
- 6 tablespoons olive oil or 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 lemons, juice of (1/4 cup)
- 14 cup roughly chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- Preheat the oven to 300F.
- Dry the sole fillets and season both sides with 3/4 teaspoon of the salt and the white pepper.
- Place the flour on a plate and season it with a little more salt and white pepper.
- Dredge the fillets in the flour and shake off the excess.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil or butter in a large nonstick saute pan over a medium-high flame until hot but not smoking.
- Add 2 of the fillets and cook until lightly golden on each side, about 3 minutes.
- Transfer the fillets to a baking sheet and place in the warm oven to keep warm.
- Wipe out the pan, add 2 more tablespoons of oil or butter to the pan to heat, and repeat with 2 more fillets.
- Repeat with the remaining 2 fillets.
- Transfer all the cooked fillets to the oven.
- Wipe the pan clean and place over a medium flame.
- Add the 12 tablespoons of butter to the pan and let it melt, foam, subside, begin to bubble again, and turn a nutty brown.
- Immediately remove from the heat and carefully add the lemon juice, parsley, the remaining 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and several grindings of white pepper to taste.
- (Be careful, as the butter will most likely spatter angrily when you add the lemon juice.
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- Serve the fillets on warm plates and spoon some of the sauce over each one.
salt, fresh ground white pepper, flour, olive oil, unsalted butter, lemons, parsley
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/sole-a-la-meuniere-466032 (may not work)