Poached perch fillets
Serve this recipe with tomatoes Fribourg style on the side.
Poached perch fillets recipe
Perch -in French speaking cantons- or egli -in the German ones- is a delicate freshwater fish found in most lakes in Switzerland. Perch is usually cooked simply and served with a variety of herb sauces.
Ingredients
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Servings: 4
Procedure
Prepare the poaching liquid
- Mix water, leek greens, pickling spice, and salt in a medium-sized pan. Bring to a boil, turn heat to low and simmer gently for 30 minutes.
Cook the fish
- Mix water, leek greens, pickling spice, and salt in a medium-sized pan. Bring to a boil, turn heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Place fish fillets in a large frying pan, top with cooked leek greens, and pour over 1 cup of poaching liquid.. Cover and simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes.
- Scrape leek, drain fish, reserving the liquid, and remove fillets to a large serving platter. Keep in a warm oven until ready to serve.
Prepare the sauce
- Pour the liquid used to cook the fish through a sieve and reserve 1 cup of clear stock.
- Heat butter in a medium-sized pan until it melts and bubbles. Add the sliced white leek and saute, stirring frequently, until leeks are soft, about 5 minutes.
- Add flour and cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring continuously, until flour turns light brown. Pour in 1 cup of reserved fish stock, stirring vigorously to blend to a smooth consistency. Mix dill weed, and pepper.
- Simmer for 4-5 minutes. Remove from heat and blend in sour cream.
Garnish and serve
- Pour sauce over fish fillets.
- Garnish with chopped dill leaves, if wished, and -waste not, want not- sprinkle with chopped tomato pieces reserved from the tomato Fribourg style recipe.
- Serve.
Serving size: 1 serving
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Cooking Tips
- Fish can be fresh or frozen and thawed according to package instructions. If you don't have it, substitute perch with other white fish: use fillets of hake, cod or the kind of white fish available in your area.
- We are olive oil fanatics, however, this would not be the cooking fat of choice in Switzerland. Substitute 2 Tbs butter with 2 Tbs olive oil to reduce saturated fat.
Recipe type
Vegetables, spring, autumn, side dish
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