Asparagus with Fish and Eau de Vie

Name: Asparagus with Fish and Eau de Vie
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 14 ounces asparagus; 4 (8 3/4 ounce) fish steaks; pepper; salt; mustard; 1 3/4 ounces butter; 3 1/2 ounces breadcrumbs; chives; nutmeg; 1 1/3 cups fish stock; 6 5/8 ounces eau de vie ("Jenever" - from Belgium or Holland); cayenne pepper; saffron; smoked ham

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Ready In:: 25mins
Ingredients:: 14
Serves:: 4

ingredients

14 ounces asparagus
4 (8 3/4 ounce) fish steaks
pepper
salt
mustard
1 ³⁄₄ ounces butter
3 ¹⁄₂ ounces breadcrumbs
chives
nutmeg
1 ¹⁄₃ cups fish stock
6 ⁵⁄₈ ounces eau de vie ("Jenever" - from Belgium or Holland)
cayenne pepper
saffron
smoked ham

directions

Cook the asparagus in salted water.
Season the fish steaks with salt and pepper.
Coat them with a mixture of 1,5 teaspoon mustard, 50 g- 1,75 oz.
butter, 100 g- 3,5 oz.
breadcrumbs, chopped chives and nutmeg.
Put the fish in an oven dish and pour the fish stock and the eau the vie (Jenever) over them.
Leave for 20 minutes in a preheated oven of 180° C- 355 ° F.
Remove the fish steaks from the oven dish and add a lump of butter to the sauce.
Season with cayenne pepper and some saffron.
Heat the asparagus in the sauce.
Put the fish and the asparagus on 4 warm dishes.
Garnish with sauce and strips of smoked ham.