Poached Monkfish with Brown Butter, Lemon & Caper Sauce
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Serves: 2
 
This Poached Monkfish with Brown Butter, Lemon & Caper Sauce is a delicious gourmet dinner that you can make in 20 minutes!
Ingredients
  • For the leeks:
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 leek, the white part only
  • For the monkfish:
  • ½ tablespoon course salt
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tablespoon black pepper corns
  • 2 fillets of Monkfish
  • For the brown butter, lemon & caper sauce:
  • 4 tablespoons (56g) butter
  • ½ lemon juice
  • Zest from ½ organic lemon
  • 1 tablespoons of capers (desalted)
  • 1 pinch of dried thyme
  • 1 tablespoon chopped Italian flat leafed parsley
  • Salt
  • Black pepper
  • Garnish (optional):
  • 1 radish, thinly sliced
  • Valeriana lettuce
  • Chopped Italian flat leaf parsley
Instructions
  1. Fill a medium pot with water and bring to a boil.
  2. In the meantime, make the leeks. Using only the white part of the leek, slice it in half then cut lengthwise in julienne strips. Heat 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil to a skillet, add the leeks and cook for 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
  3. When the water is boiling, add the coarse salt, bay leaves, pepper corns then reduce the heat to a simmer. Add the monkfish fillets and cook for 5 minutes, or until completely white and no longer translucent. Remove from the water and let set on a cutting board.
  4. In the meantime make the brown butter sauce. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook until the butter turns medium brown, about 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat and add the lemon juice, lemon zest, capers, thyme and parsley.
  5. Divide the leeks in the center of two shallow bowls. Top with the monkfish and season with salt and freshly cracked black pepper. Now spoon the sauce on top. Garnish with radish slices, valeriana lettuce and more parsley, if desired. Buon appetito!
Recipe by Italicana Kitchen at https://italicanakitchen.com/poached-monkfish-with-brown-butter-lemon-caper-sauce/