Weeknight Filet of Sole with Mustard Sauce

Make the Topping/Sauce:
In a small bowl add the mayonnaise, dill, parsley, mustard, mashed garlic and garlic chives. Mix well.

Place the fish fillets in a rimmed baking sheet (skinned side up) brushed with 1 1/2 teaspoons of olive oil.
Spoon over the Topping/Sauce in an even coat. Sprinkle with sea salt (or Himalayan sea salt) and some fresh cracked pepper to your taste.

Preheat the broiler – set rack 4″ from the heat source.
When very hot, add the fish, close door and broil until just turning golden, about 4 – 5 minutes.
Remove from oven and test to see if fish is firm and cooked through. This time will vary depending on the thickness of the fish.

Serve with lemon wedges. For a pretty garnish: slice lemons and cook in a cast iron skillet with very little oil until very golden underneath.
Top with an herb sprig from the recipe; dill, parsley to garlic chives.

To complement the dish ~ I served the dish with petite baby potatoes and a sauté of asparagus and radicchio.

Product Alert; know what’s in your food and read labels:

*Mayonnaise: While many will not make your own (hats off to you if you do!), I use “Just Mayo” a vegan variety.
Commercial Mayonnaise contains “natural flavoring” which is a chemical additive – that I stay away from!
Hellmann’s Best Mayonnaise Ingredients: Soybean oil, water, whole eggs and egg yolks, vinegar, salt, sugar, lemon juice concentrate, calcium disodium edta (used to protect quality), natural flavors.
Hellman’s Avocado Mayonnaise Ingredients: Canola and avocado oil, water, liquid whole eggs, modified corn starch, sugar, vinegar, liquid egg yolk, salt, concentrated lime juice, sorbic acid, spice, natural flavor, alpha-tocopherol, calcium disodium EDTA.
**Full Grain Mustard: Actually not easy to find a variety that does not contain “natural flavoring” – so please read labels! Look for Organic varieties.
I’ve used Organicville Stone Ground Mustard, Ingredients: mustard seeds, vinegar, salt and spices. Sounds fancy right…?
Maille Old Fashioned Mustard Ingredients: Water, mustard seeds, distilled vinegar, salt, white wine, sugar, lactic acid, natural flavor.

I also stay away from “Citric Acid” lurking in many processed foods (a highly processed nightmare.) You can read about it here: https://ethicalfoods.com/citric-acid/

Garlic Confit: see recipe. Or simply sauté on very low heat sliced fresh garlic submerged in extra virgin olive oil, cooked until very soft, but not colored, then mash.