Monkfish with Brown Butter Sauce and Wild Garlic

This dish of Monkfish with Brown Butter Sauce and Wild Garlic makes the most of sensational seasonal ingredients, some of which have been foraged. Please take care when foraging for wild ingredients. Many naturally growing products can be dangerous. If in any doubt, do not pick!

Ingredients

  • 1 monkfish tail bone removed cut into darnes
  • 25 ml olive oil
  • 1 tsp wild garlic powder
  • Salt and pepper
Sauce
  • 150g butter
  • 2 tbs small capers
  • 1 lemon juiced
  • 1 bunch wild garlic
Garnish
  • Wild garlic flowers
  • Hawthorns
  • Apple blossom
  • Garlic powder
  • Wild garlic oil
  • Gorse flowers

Method

Heat the BBQ until the coals are white, pop in pine cones if using directly on the coals.

Drizzle the fish in oil, season and sprinkle over wild garlic powder. Pop the fish onto the BBQ, cook for 2 minutes then flip over and cook for 2 minutes.

To make the sauce, put the butter in a large pan and heat until nut brown, add the capers and lemon juice and wild garlic. Cook for 1 minute.

To serve pop the fish onto a platter, spoon over the sauce and garnish.

Ingredients

  • 1 monkfish tail bone removed cut into darnes
  • 25 ml olive oil
  • 1 tsp wild garlic powder
  • Salt and pepper
Sauce
  • 150g butter
  • 2 tbs small capers
  • 1 lemon juiced
  • 1 bunch wild garlic
Garnish
  • Wild garlic flowers
  • Hawthorns
  • Apple blossom
  • Garlic powder
  • Wild garlic oil
  • Gorse flowers

Method

Heat the BBQ until the coals are white, pop in pine cones if using directly on the coals.

Drizzle the fish in oil, season and sprinkle over wild garlic powder. Pop the fish onto the BBQ, cook for 2 minutes then flip over and cook for 2 minutes.

To make the sauce, put the butter in a large pan and heat until nut brown, add the capers and lemon juice and wild garlic. Cook for 1 minute.

To serve pop the fish onto a platter, spoon over the sauce and garnish.