Boiled Soles
Ingredients
Directions
Boil the soles gently in salted water for about 10 minutes.
Serve with anchovy sauce or shrimp sauce.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Soles
- Provide the main fish, which cooks through gently in the simmering water to become flaky and tender.
- Anchovy sauce or shrimp sauce
- Adds a salty, savory umami accent that complements the mild flavor of the fish.
The step that matters
Boil the soles gently. A gentle simmer cooks the fish evenly and keeps the flesh moist and tender. A hard rolling boil can toughen the protein and break the fish apart.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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