Baked Fish with Lemon Butter Sauce
Soft, tender pieces of fish in a creamy lemon butter sauce
Course: Main Course
Keyword: baked fish, baked fish in lemon butter, easy seafood recipes, quick dinner recipes
Servings: 4
- 500 gram hake fish fillets
- 50 gram butter, salted or unsalted
- 1/4 cup fresh cream
- 2 medium garlic cloves minced
- 2 teaspoon Dijon Mustard
- 1&1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 small shallot or 2 spring onion finely chopped
- salt and pepper
- fresh parsley
Preheat your oven to 180 degrees celsius
Place butter, garlic, cream, mustard and lemon juice in a small jug. Heat in the microwave for 30-40 seconds, or longer until its all melted. Stir until smooth
Pat the fish dry with some paper towels. Season with salt and pepper. Scatter the shallot or white parts of the spring onion on top of the fish
Pour the sauce over the fish and bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes depending on how thick your fish is. Do not over bake as the fish will be chewy
Garnish with parsley and lemon slices, when serving, with a drizzle of sauce
- I sometimes use shallots and if I cannot find them in the store I use the white bits of 2 spring onion for this recipe
- I am not familiar with all the different fish, to be honest, so I cannot recommend other fish. I think kingklip can work but the cooking time may differ. According to the recipe creator Salmon won't work as it causes the sauce to split. If you are not in SA you can visit the RecipeTinEats website, where she lists the different types of fish you can use
- I reduced the Dijon Mustard just a little because it worked for my palate. You can adjust that if you wish