Sole Meunière

Name: Sole Meunière
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 Dover sole, skinned and trimmed; Plain flour, for dusting; 100g butter; 1 lemon; 2 tbsp chopped parsley; Salt and pepper

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Also known as: Sole Meuniere, Dover Sole Meunière

About this dish

Whole Dover sole dusted in flour, pan-fried in butter and served with browned butter, lemon and parsley.

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Ingredients

🐟2 Dover sole, skinned and trimmed

🌾Plain flour, for dusting

🧈100g butter

🍋1 lemon

🌿2 tbsp chopped parsley

🧂Salt and pepper

Method

Serves 2

Season the sole and dust lightly with flour.

Fry in a little oil and butter for 4–5 minutes per side until golden. Move to warm plates.

Wipe the pan, add the remaining butter and cook until nut-brown.

Add a squeeze of lemon and the parsley.

Pour the sizzling butter over the fish and serve with lemon.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Sole meunière ('miller's wife style') is a pillar of classic French cooking; it famously inspired Julia Child in Rouen.

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