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Recipe by Pierre Franey

Sole Meunière

Fillets of sole floured and sautéed in butter, finished with lemon and parsley.

By Pierre Franey

Sole meunière is the dish Julia Child remembered from Rouen, and Franey cooked it the same plain way: a dusting of flour, foaming butter, and a squeeze of lemon at the end. There is nowhere to hide in it.

Ingredients

The dish

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Sole Meunière

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Serves 4 · 2 of 6 items checked · 5 aisles

Produce

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Meat & Poultry

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Pantry / Durable

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Spices & Seasoning

Cooking Instructions

  1. Pat the sole fillets dry, season them, and dust them lightly with flour, shaking off the excess.

  2. Heat half the butter in a large skillet until it foams, then cook the fillets for two to three minutes a side, until golden. Transfer to warm plates.

  3. Wipe the pan, add the remaining butter, and cook it until it turns nut-brown and smells nutty.

  4. Pour the browned butter over the fish, squeeze over the lemon, and scatter with parsley. Serve at once.

Adapted from The 60-Minute Gourmet. View a published recipe at NYT Cooking (opens in a new tab)

Served at

Olney's table in Provence · Provence, France

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A new American dinner in Washington · Washington, D.C.

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