Breaded plaice with root vegetable remoulade

Ingredients

Fish fillets
8 plaice fillets – whiting or dab can also be used
Approx. 200 ml sparkling water
200 ml flour
1 tsp salt
500 ml panko breadcrumbs (available from your local Asian grocery store)
100 g butter
100 ml sunflower oil
Remoulade
200 ml curry pickles (see recipe below)
200 ml homemade mayonnaise (see recipe below)
Herb salad
1 small handful of picked leaves or sprigs of dill, chervil, watercress or cress
A few drops of lemon juice
A little olive oil to marinate the herbs in
Serving
Perhaps some pickled onions (see the recipe below)
1 lemon, cut into wedges
4 slices of rye bread
Butter for the bread

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Instructions

Fish fillets

Clean the fish fillets and make a shallow cut down the middle, then fold them so they are double the thickness. Season with salt and pepper.

Whisk the water and flour together to form a thin, smooth batter; dip the fillets in the batter so that only a thin layer clings to them, then coat them in the panko breadcrumbs.

Heat a large frying pan and fry the fillets in butter and oil – possibly in two batches, for about 2 minutes on each side, until they are crisp and golden. Leave them to drain briefly on kitchen paper.

Remoulade

Finely chop the gherkins on a chopping board with a knife, or pulse them briefly in a food processor.
Mix the gherkins and mayonnaise together and season with salt and pepper.

Herb salad

Rinse the leaves and sprigs, then gently toss them with oil and lemon juice.

Serving:

Spread butter on the rye bread, place two warm fish fillets on top, then add a generous spoonful of remoulade and finish with the herb salad and a few pickled onions. Serve with lemon wedges to squeeze over the top.

P.S. You can also order this dish from Aamanns Deli & Takeaway HERE

Extra
Curry pickles – see the recipe HERE
Homemade mayonnaise – see the recipe HERE
Pickled onions – see the recipe HERE