Plaice is available fresh or frozen and can be bought whole or as fillets. Plaice cooks very quickly - fillets should only need a total cooking time of 4-5 minutes, whether grilled, fried or poached.

To make the plaice meatballs, bring water to a boil in a saucepan, then add the plaice fillets (1) and boil them for 1 minute. Use a slotted spoon to drain them (2), place them on a cutting board, and ...

To prepare the plaice with Hollandaise sauce, start with the sauce: first, make the clarified butter; cut the butter (1), let it melt in a bain-marie being careful to skim it (2), and once purified of ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. F rozen fish can be very good indeed. It can be juicy and impeccably fresh – fresher, usually, than most fresh ...

Plaice is a very common fish in Ireland and traditionally sold as fillets in fishmongers or supermarkets when I was a boy. Though not as meaty as turbot, it is great to cook on the bone and offers a ...

A healthy and delicious meal of steamed fish and vegetables. Equipment and preparation: for this recipe you will need a two-tier bamboo steamer. Roll up each of the 12 plaice fillets and set aside.

You can substitute the plaice with skate, sole, brill or prawns depending on what is available. Served with a Lemon and Chive Mayonnaise You can substitute the plaice with skate, sole, brill or prawns ...

Use skinless plaice or lemon sole fillets, allowing two small fillets per person. Preheat an oven to 180 degrees/gas 4. In a medium sized gratin dish, lightly oil the base and then lay down two ...