Pan-fried Arctic char with berry butter

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Crisp-skinned Arctic char with a glossy butter sauce of tart berries: bright, elegant and made for readers looking for something truly special.

Serves: 4 people

Preparation time: 9 min

Ingredients

• Arctic char fillets – 4
• Salt – to taste
• Black pepper – to taste
• Butter – 60 g
• Dried cranberries or tart berries – 60 g
• Fish stock – 80 ml
• Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
• Boiled potatoes – to serve

Method

Pat the fish dry and season both sides with salt and pepper.
Heat a frying pan and cook the fish skin-side down first until the skin is crisp. Turn and cook briefly on the other side.
Remove the fish to a warm plate.
In the same pan, melt the butter, add the berries and stock and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes until lightly syrupy.
Finish the sauce with lemon juice and spoon it over the fish. Serve with boiled potatoes.