
Pan-Fried Fish with Parsley Sauce
A Danish Friday standard. Crisp white fish, boiled potatoes, and a proper parsley sauce built from a real roux.
- Total
- 35 min
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For 4 servings
- white fish fillet20 oz
- potatoes36 oz
- whole milk40 tbsp
- butter6 tbsp
- all-purpose flour8 tbsp
- fresh parsley20 sprig
- romaine lettuce4 cup
- cucumber½ piece
- lemon1 piece
- salt2 tsp
- black pepper1 tsp
You'll need
pot · skillet · bowl
Method
Boil halved potatoes in well-salted water until tender, 18 minutes.
18 min · boil
Melt butter, whisk in flour, cook 2 minutes until it smells nutty.
3 min · saute
Add milk slowly, whisking. Simmer 5 minutes until it coats a spoon.
6 min · simmer
Stir chopped parsley into the sauce off the heat. Season well.
2 min · prep
Pat fish dry, salt it, fry in butter 3 minutes per side until golden.
7 min · fry
Toss lettuce and sliced cucumber with lemon juice and salt.
3 min · prep
Spoon sauce over fish and potatoes. Squeeze lemon over the fish.
1 min · rest
Serving suggestion
Boiled new potatoes in spring make this markedly better than old ones.