Brill with Clams and a White Wine and Cream Sauce

This lovely fish dish of Brill with Clams and a White Wine and Cream Sauce is a classic recipe. The sauce is made with fish stock, cream, wine, chervil, chives, clams, asparagus and shallots and is so delicious when combined with the fresh fish!

Ingredients

  • 2 fillets brill
  • 25g butter
  • 1 tbsp veg oil
  • Salt and pepper
Sauce
  • 50g butter
  • 50ml white wine
  • 200ml fish stock
  • 200ml double cream
  • 1 shallot, peeled and diced
  • 1 small bunch chervil and chives, chopped
  • 400g clams
  • 100g asparagus spears
  • Chervil

Method

Heat a large non-stick pan, add the butter and oil and when foaming pop in the fish. Cook for 2 minutes, flip over, season and put in the oven for 5 minutes.

In a pan, add shallots and ½ the butter and cook for 2 minutes. Add the fish stock, wine and garlic, pop in the clams and the asparagus. Put a lid on and cook for 4 minutes.

Strain into a clean pan, bring to the boil and reduce by half. Add the cream, bring to the boil and cook for 2 to 3 minutes then finish with a knob of butter. Pop the clams and asparagus in and stir through.

To serve, sit the fish on a plate, spoon over the sauce, asparagus and clams and top with chervil.

Ingredients

  • 2 fillets brill
  • 25g butter
  • 1 tbsp veg oil
  • Salt and pepper
Sauce
  • 50g butter
  • 50ml white wine
  • 200ml fish stock
  • 200ml double cream
  • 1 shallot, peeled and diced
  • 1 small bunch chervil and chives, chopped
  • 400g clams
  • 100g asparagus spears
  • Chervil

Method

Heat a large non-stick pan, add the butter and oil and when foaming pop in the fish. Cook for 2 minutes, flip over, season and put in the oven for 5 minutes.

In a pan, add shallots and ½ the butter and cook for 2 minutes. Add the fish stock, wine and garlic, pop in the clams and the asparagus. Put a lid on and cook for 4 minutes.

Strain into a clean pan, bring to the boil and reduce by half. Add the cream, bring to the boil and cook for 2 to 3 minutes then finish with a knob of butter. Pop the clams and asparagus in and stir through.

To serve, sit the fish on a plate, spoon over the sauce, asparagus and clams and top with chervil.