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🍽️ Plaice Rolls with Orange Butter Sauce

399 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 4 sprigs thyme
• 4 garlic cloves
• salt
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• 640 g sole fillet (8 sole fillets)
• pepper (from the mill)
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 1 pinch ground cloves
• 2 untreated oranges
• 75 g butter
• 1 tsp sugar
• 30 ml orange liqueur
• 1 tbsp orange marmalade
• butter (for the dish)

Instructions

1. 1. Wash the thyme and shake it dry.
2. 2. Pluck the thyme leaves from the stems and chop them finely.
3. 3. Peel the garlic.
4. 4. Grind the garlic finely with a pinch of salt into a paste.
5. 5. Place the garlic paste and chopped thyme leaves into a small bowl.
6. 6. Add some lemon juice and mix everything well.
7. 7. Let the mixture rest for a moment.
8. 8. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
9. 9. Pat the plaice fillets dry with kitchen paper.
10. 10. Season the fillets with pepper, cayenne pepper, nutmeg, and ground cloves.
11. 11. Spread the thyme-garlic mixture evenly over the fillets.
12. 12. Roll the fillets up tightly into rolls.
13. 13. Secure the rolls with wooden skewers or trussing needles.
14. 14. Grease a baking dish.
15. 15. Place the rolls side by side in the dish.
16. 16. Squeeze one orange.
17. 17. Pour the orange juice over the rolls.
18. 18. Cover the dish tightly with aluminum foil.
19. 19. Place the dish on the middle rack in the preheated oven.
20. 20. Cook the rolls for about 15 minutes.
21. 21. Wash the second orange under hot water.
22. 22. Dry the orange.
23. 23. Peel the skin into thin zest strips.
24. 24. Slice the orange.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 399
• Protein: 29 g · Fett/Fat: 22 g · Carbs: 16 g