Si King and Dave Myers served up tasty poached John Dory with herbs, sparkling wine, broad beans, capers, parmentier potatoes and a butter and cream sauce on The Hairy Bikers Go West.
The ingredients are: 3 sprigs tarragon, bruised, 3 sprigs parsley, bruised, 300ml champagne, 4 John Dory fillets, salt and freshly ground black pepper.
For the sauce: 50g butter, 1 shallot, very finely chopped, 75ml/5 tbsp double cream, 1 tbsp finely chopped tarragon, 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley and few lemon thyme leaves.
For the garnish: 500g broad beans (150g when podded and skinned), 1 tbsp olive oil, 50g capers, drained and ½ lemon, zest only.
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