Saint-pierre grillée, poêlée de légumes

Grilled John Dory with sautéed vegetables

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Classic Koffmann

By Pierre Koffmann

Published 2016

  • About

John Dory is a very strange fish. It’s like a flat fish as it has a very thin body, but it swims vertically. Its English name comes from the French – jaune doré meaning ‘golden-yellow’, which describes the colour of the fish’s skin – but in other languages, including in French, it’s named after Saint Peter. Legend has it that the black spot on each side of a John Dory are ‘Saint Pierre’s’ thumbprints, left behind when he caught the fish with his fingers.

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