yum... fish! so easy to cook...
with both sole and plaice fillets, it's easy to pan fry them, because they're so flat! it's easy and really quick.
- easy way: wash the fillets under cold water, and then dip them in plain flour, add salt and pepper. warm up a pan, add a bit of butter/oil to it, add the floured fish, cooked for a couple of minutes on each side, DELICIOUS.
i know this sounds ridiculously easy, that's because it is! it's really tasty as long as the fish is fresh, and remember plaice and sole are very subtle, light fish, so you don't want to overload them with flavour.
- more interesting way: add to the flour you are going to dip the fish in something a bit more interesting...
indian feel: add some spices - ginger, turmeric, classic curry spices. really easy, the fish will often turn yellow (especially if you leave to marinate for a couple of hours in the fridge before cooking) and it's gorgeous!
thai feel: i'm really into thai at the moment, so the best is to mix the flour with dessicated/dehydrated coconut, lemongrass, ginger powder/puree, garlic powder/puree.
once cooked in the pan, squeeze lime juice generously over fish. serve with coconut rice, and/or stir-fried vegetables.
- oven way: if you're cooking the whole fish, it makes sense to put it in the oven. wrap the fish in tin foil/aluminium foil, and make a tight, neat package. cook at 220 deg celsius, gas mark 7 (or the same temperature as for a frozen pizza) and check every 10-20 when the fish looks cook (can't tell you a time, will depend on the size of your fish!)
to make it a bit more interesting, again, add stuff to the fish, inside the foil package, so the fish can take up the taste of the added ingredients as it cooks.
i suggest: lemon/lime, garlic/ginger, parsley, thyme, oregano, spices, lemongrass, etc etc all at once, seperately...
as i always say, the bedroom and the kitchen have one major thing in common: experimenting makes it more interesting!
so don't be scared, have a little fun,
i hope this helps...
PS: if you're having visitors, it looks awesome for each of them to have their own individual foil package with a small fish fillet inside each one, and a slice of lemon, maybe a star aniseed (for the shape and because it looks pretty rather than because it makes it taste nice!)
you'll see your guests will love it!
PS2: use the foil recipe on a barbecue for the summer time! easy, quick, healthy and a great alternative to burgers/hotdogs! cooks just as well!!