Wednesday

Sole terrine





















Type of dish : Starter
To serve : 8
Preparation : 20 min
Cooking : 50 min
Budget : Cheap
From : Europe
Difficulty : Easy


Ingredients :
2 soles (8 fillets)
500g whiting or cod
90g flour
2 eggs, separated
300ml milk
90g melted butter
500ml crème fraîche
Salt & pepper
nutmeg
700g blanched spinach, chopped


Recipe :
Make a white sauce. Remove from heat, add 2 egg yolks and leave to cool.
Put the whiting, egg whites and crème fraîche in a blender, add white sauce and mix until combined.
Grease a terrine dish and pour in half of the fish mixture.
Arrange 4 sole fillets on top, overlapping where necessary.
Mix spinach with butter, blend, then pour into terrine dish.
Arrange remaining sole fillets on top of spinach, then fnish with a layer of fish sauce.
Cook in a bain-marie (over boiling water); or bake for 50 minutes at 350°F (180°C).
Serve cold, with a lime mousseline sauce.

Lime Mousseline :
160 calories per portion.

Serves 4 :
- 1 egg + 2 yolks
- juice of 3 limes
- 100g butter

In a dish over boiling water, or pan over a low heat, beateggs and lime juice.
Remove from heat, chop the butter into small pieces and add, mix well until smooth.


Advice :
This is a good dish to prepare the day before.

Recommended Wines :
- Alsace : Silvaner, Pinot blanc
- Bordeaux : Entre 2 mers
- Bourgogne : Maçon, St Véran
- Loire : Sancerre, Pouilly