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Fish in white wine

This recipe for cooking fish in the oven is both simple and delicious. The fish is cooked with herbs and onions in white wine.

It is served in a light sauce, made with the cooking juices and a little lemon juice.

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Last modified on: December 14^th 2016

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 40 g onion
2 300 g fish fillet
3 50 g butter
4 1 bayleaf
5 1 sprig thyme
6 100 ml dry white wine
7 ½ lemon
8 1 egg yolk
9 salt
10 pepper
Total weight: 576 grams

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21 min.	35 min.	56 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Prepare 40 g onion and chop finely.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Clean 300 g fish fillet, then salt and pepper on both sides.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Put into a gratin dish: 50 g butter cut into small pieces, the bayleaf, thyme and half the onion. Salt and pepper lightly.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Lay the fish fillets in the dish, add the rest of the onion on top and pour in 100 ml dry white wine.

Stage 5 - 30 min.

Cook for 30 minutes.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

After this time, transfer the fish fillets to a hot plate and cover with aluminium foil to keep hot while you make the sauce.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Making the sauce

Strain the cooking juices into a small saucepan.

Stage 8 - 1 min.

Add the juice of ½ lemon.

Stage 9 - 1 min.

Add 1 egg yolk and put the pan on low heat.

Mix in the egg yolk with a whisk...

Stage 10 - 5 min.

...and continue beating gently on low heat until the sauce thickens.

Important: do not allow the sauce to boil and stop cooking as soon as the sauce thickens.

Check the seasoning.

Stage 11

Serve on hot plates, one fish fillet per person with the accompaniment of your choice (rice here) and the sauce poured over.

Remarks

For the fish, use whatever is in season (whiting in these photos).

Keeping

Should be eaten immediately.

Source

Based on a recipe by Ginette Mathiot.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
704 Kcal or 2,948 Kj	56 gr	11 gr	48 gr
35 %	22 %	1 %	7 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
122 Kcal or 511 Kj	10 gr	2 gr	8 gr
6 %	4 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
352 Kcal or 1,474 Kj	28 gr	6 gr	24 gr
18 %	11 %	1 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Fish, Milk, Sulfites, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 5.09 €
Per person : 2.55 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Fish fillet: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, "Land and sea" kebabs, Red sea bream fillets in a soy-sauce marinade, Sea bass with coriander cream en papillote, Baked sea bass fillet with lemon and tarragon, ... All
	Dry white wine: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mushrooms on toast, French style, Express sauerkraut, Chicken breasts with tarragon, Seven-hour lamb, Seb's Italian-style aperitif slices, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Elsa's Comtoise galette, Gâteau Nantais, Purée of Jerusalem artichokes with foie gras, Cauliflower "moelleux" in ramekins, Oaty walnut cake , ... All
	Onion: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crispy spinach rolls, Baker's tuna and mushroom tart, Coleslaw, Leek and Jerusalem artichoke soup, Split peas "à la française", ... All

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