Prawn-stuffed flatfish
I think this is a really simple way to make a lovely flatfish like flounder, lemon sole, plaice, turbot or brill look, and taste, really exciting. If you want to, you can ask your fishmonger to run a knife down the back of the fish and make a pocket for you to stuff. If not, it's dead easy to do at home. If you need some guidance, check out a video of how to stuff a flatfish. Once you've tried it this way you can stuff the fish with whatever you fancy: lobster or crabmeat, small fish, herbs, tomatoes . . . just let your imagination go wild! Getting a nice big fish isn't hard, but you might want to order it in advance from your fishmonger. It's equally delicious with individual portions though, so look at this as a principle as well as a recipe.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 10 of 12 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Shrimp | 100g cooked | 99 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Chili | 1 tsp (2.7g) | 8 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Flatfish | not in our table | 0 |
| Turbot | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1.2 - 1.5 kg flatfish, such as flounder, lemon or Dover sole, plaice turbot or brill, or 4x200g, from
- , ask your fishmonger
- 2 medium onions, peeled and finely sliced
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and finely grated
- cayenne pepper
- 1 lemon
- 250 g raw prawns, from
- , ask your fishmonger, peeled
- olive oil
- 1 splash white wine
- 1 small bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley