Skate with balsamic butter

How to make Skate with balsamic butter recipe

Serves 2

Preparation time 5 minutes, Cooking time 15 minutes

Ingredients:
2 teaspoons plain flour
2 skate wings, about 200 g (7 oz) each
50 g (2 oz) butter
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon capers, drained salt and pepper

Method:
Mix the flour with a little salt and pepper and use it to dust the skate wings.

Heat a knob of the butter in a large frying pan, add the skate and fry gently for about 5 minutes on each side or until cooked through. Remove with a slotted spoon and keep warm on serving plates.

Add the remaining butter, balsamic vinegar and capers to the pan and cook over a medium heat, whisking until bubbling and syrupy. Season to taste with salt and pepper, then pour over the skate. Serve immediately with boiled baby new potatoes tossed in chopped parsley and a side salad.

For skate wings with lime & coriander tartare sauce, first make the tartare sauce. Break 1 egg into the bowl of a food processor, add ½ teaspoon sea salt, 1 peeled garlic clove and ½ teaspoon mustard powder, then switch the motor on and pour 175 ml (6 fl oz) olive oil through the feed tube in a thin, steady stream.

When all the oil has been added and the sauce has thickened, add 1 dessertspoon lime juice, 1 tablespoon drained capers, 4 cornichons, 1 tablespoon chopped coriander and some pepper. Switch on the pulse button and pulse until the ingredients are chopped. Cook the skate in a knob of butter as above and serve with the sauce.

Skate with balsamic butter