Arctic Char with Mint Sauce

Name: Arctic Char with Mint Sauce
Ingredients: freshly ground black pepper; fine sea salt; 6 × 175 g (6 oz) arctic char fillets; ½ teaspoon coarse sea salt, crushed with about 15 g (½ oz) fresh mint leaves, plus extra for garnish; 3-4 tablespoons créme fraiche; 1 fresh lime; ½ teaspoon coarse sea salt, crushed with about 15 g (½ oz) fresh mint leaves, plus extra for garnish; 75 mls (⅛ pint) each white wine and fish, chicken or vegetable stock; 75 mls (⅛ pint) each white wine and fish, chicken or vegetable stock; 75 mls (⅛ pint) each white wine and fish, chicken or vegetable stock; 75 mls (⅛ pint) each white wine and fish, chicken or vegetable stock

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Modern Classics

By Frances Bissell

Published 2000

About

Ingredients

6 × 175 g (6 oz) arctic char fillets
freshly ground black pepper
fine sea salt

Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Season the fish on both sides with the salt and pepper. Grate the lime zest on to the fish flesh, and squeeze on just a little lime juice, keeping the rest for a salad dressing. Leave for 20 minutes, and then heat a large well-seasoned or non-stick pan, and cook the fish, skin side down, for about 5 minutes, when the skin will be quite crisp. Turn the fish over with a spatula, and cook the unde