125 g/4 oz black or
white seedless grapes, skinned, plus
extra to garnish
4
medium sole, skinned and filleted
225 ml/7 1/2 fl oz
Fish Stock
150 ml/1/4 pint
white wine
salt and freshly ground white pepper
fennel or dill leaves, to garnish
Cream
sauce:
25 g/1 oz butter
20 g/3/4 oz plain
flour
150 ml/1/4 pint
double cream
To serve:
steamed mangetout
boiled new potatoes
Method:
Put 1 or 2 grapes on
each fillet of sole, then roll up tightly. Secure
the rolls with fine wooden cocktail sticks. Put them
into an oblong casserole and cover with the stock
and wine.
Add any remaining skinned and deseeded
grapes and season with salt and pepper.
Cover and
cook in a preheated oven, 200°C (400°F), Gas Mark 6,
for 25 minutes, or until the fish is tender.
Lift the fish rolls and grapes from the stock.
Remove the cocktail sticks from the rolls. Place the
fish on a warmed dish, cover with kitchen foil so it
does not dry and keep hot. Strain and reserve the
liquid from the casserole dish.
To make the sauce,
melt the butter in a pan. Stir in the flour, then
blend in 225 ml of the reserved
liquid.
Stir as the sauce thickens, then gradually blend in
the cream and any extra seasoning required.
Heat
gently without boiling, then add the skinned grapes.
Spoon the sauce with the grapes on to heated plates.
Arrange the fish rolls on top.
Garnish with a few
extra grapes deseeded
but not skinned
-
and the fennel or
dill
leaves.
Serve with steamed mangetout and boiled new
potatoes.