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Fish fillet with sauce Dugléré

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Ingredients
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Lay the fish on its side, back upward; cut behind the head and before the side fin down to the bone, then follow the bone with the knife to lift the fillet.
Filleting a small flathead
  • 3 whole flathead
Skin the fillet: make an incision without cutting through the skin and follow it with the knife; trim untidy bits with the filleting knife.
Skinning and trimming the fillets
  • 20 g butter
  • onions
  • shallots
  • carrots
  • mushroom trimming
For the fish stock, melt the butter over medium heat until foaming; sweat the onions, shallots, carrots and mushrooms 1 to 2 minutes on low to medium heat.
  • fish bones
  • water
  • white wine
Add the cut fish bones and coat them in the vegetables; after a few minutes add a little water, not quite covering, and a little white wine.
  • bouquet garni
  • salt
  • peppercorns
Add the bouquet garni, a little salt and peppercorns; bring to the boil, then simmer on low 20 to 25 minutes.
Strain through a sieve into a clean container and let it cool completely.
  • butter
  • pepper
  • parsley
Brush the bottom of a deep pan with butter, season with salt and pepper, sprinkle with onions and shallots and a little parsley, and lay the fillets close together on top.
Setting the fillets in the pan
  • fish stock
Pour a little white wine around the side, not on the fillets, and add the fish stock three quarters of the way up.
Cover with a parchment lid and bring to a simmer on medium; meanwhile preheat the oven to 160C (about 320F).
Cooking the fish under a parchment lid
Turn off the heat and finish in the oven 5 to 7 minutes depending on size.
Strain the cooking juices into a pan and boil vigorously until reduced almost to a glaze.
  • cream
  • fresh tomato
Add the cream and reduce by half; hold the fish meanwhile in a 50C (about 120F) oven.
  • butter
Gently mix in the chopped tomato, turn off the heat, and finish with a piece of butter for shine.
Tomato for Dugléré and butter for shine
Plate the fish beside rice layered with mushroom duxelles and steamed courgette; coat with the sauce and add a little parsley.
Plating with duxelles rice