Fillet of brill in lobster sauce
- Main
- medium
- 4
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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Simon Hulstone's fillet of brill recipe pairs the underrated fish with a richly flavoured lobster sauce. Asparagus and samphire underscore the seafood with earthy notes and the assembled dish will impress any dinner party guest.
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Ingredients
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Brill fillets
- 4 brill fillets, 130g each
- olive oil
- salt
- pepper
Lobster sauce
- 2 lobsters
- 2 shallots, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 2 tomatoes
- 150ml of brandy
- 150ml of white wine
- 285ml of fish stock
- 150ml of double cream
- 100g of unsalted butter
- olive oil
- salt
- pepper
To serve
- 60g of asparagus spears
- 100g of samphire
- 1 tsp caviar
- 1 tsp chervil, chopped
Equipment
- Mandoline
- Long matches
Method
1
Place the lobsters in the freezer. This should render them insensate
- 2 lobsters
2
Once each lobster is insensate, place it on its back with its claws tied and hold it firmly by the top of its head. Place the tip of a very sharp chef's knife on the head just beneath its mouth, lining the blade up with the lobster’s midline with the blade side pointed toward its tail
3
Pierce the lobster’s head downward, then place the knife tip just to the body side of the junction of its tail and thorax and cut through the midline. Repeat for the second lobster
4
Put the lobsters in a large pan of cold, salted water and slowly bring it to the boil. When the water has reached boiling point, lower the heat and simmer for around 20-30 minutes
5
Remove the white meat from the lobster, taking care to keep the carcass (which you will need in the next step). You should have approximately 500g of white lobster meat
6
Chop the lobster carcasses into small pieces and put them in a hot saucepan with a glug of olive oil. Cook for 2-3 minutes without letting them colour
- olive oil
7
Add the shallots and the garlic to the pan and sweat down, stirring constantly. Peel and deseed the tomatoes
- 2 shallots, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
9
Once the sauce has settled again, pour in the white wine and lower the heat to a simmer. Pour in the fish stock/water and simmer for 30 minutes
- 150ml of white wine
- 285ml of fish stock
10
Pass the sauce through a fine sieve and return to a clean plan. Reduce by two thirds before adding the double cream and bringing back to the boil. Take off the heat and set aside
- 150ml of double cream
11
Use a mandoline to shave the asparagus lengthways before wilting with the samphire in a hot pan for about 30 seconds
- 60g of asparagus spears
12
Season the brill and place it, skin-side down, in a hot pan with a little olive oil. Cook until golden brown. Turn over and then take the pan off the heat. Allow the fillets to cook through off the stove
- 4 brill fillets, 130g each
- olive oil
- salt
- pepper
13
Put the samphire in the centre of 4 bowl plates. Add the shaving of asparagus and place the brill on top
- 100g of samphire
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