How To Make Crispy Whiting With Tomato Sauce
Crispy Whiting With Tomato Sauce Recipe. A delectable dish made with the fish whiting which is a variety of plaice. Appreciate our Crispy Whiting With Tomato Sauce recipe.
Step 1: Peel the tomatoes
Using a sharp knife, remove the core from both tomatoes and mark an 'X' on the bottom side of each one.
Step 2: Put into boiling wtaer
Place the tomatoes into a pan of salted, boiling water and leave them until the skin begins to peel away. This should take only about 10 seconds.
Step 3: Put into iced water
When the skin has loosened itself from both tomatoes place them directly into iced water, leave for about a minute and then ease the peel off completely.
Step 4: Deseed and dice the tomatoes
Cut the tomatoes into quarters, scoop out the seeds and dice.
Step 5: Season the flour
Sprinkle the flour onto a tray and season it with salt and pepper.
Step 6: Dust the fish with flour
Check that the fillets are all completely dry then lightly dust them in the flour.
Step 7: Bathe in egg and coat with bread crumbs
Next, bathe each of the fillets rapidly in the beaten egg and coat them with bread crumbs. Press the bread crumbs into the fish to assure they stick.
Step 8: Heat the oil
Pour about ½ cm of vegetable oil into a large frying pan and place over a moderate to high heat. Although we aren't going to deep-fry the fish we need to be generous with the oil for the bread crumb coating to turn out just right.
Step 9: Fry the fish
When the oil is very hot, add two of the fillets and fry one side until golden brown. Flip them over and fry the other side for a further minute then remove.
Step 10: Fry the remaining fish
Repeat the same process for the other two fillets making sure that the oil stays very hot.
Step 11: Prepare the sauce
Place a small pan over a high temperature to heat.
Step 12: Add the butter
Once the pan is hot, add the butter and leave it to heat sufficiently until foaming.
Step 13: Brown the butter and add the remaining ingredients
When the foaming subsides and the butter turns brown, take the pan off the heat. Now add the capers, lemon juice, cubed tomatoes and the parsley. Season the sauce with salt and pepper and stir thoroughly.
Step 14: Serve
Serve the crispy plaice fillets topped with the caper sauce or alternatively, put the sauce into a serving jug for people to help themselves.
