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Grilled Turbot

4 servings

Ingredients

• turbot, skinned and scored (as needed)
• lemon juice (a little)
• fine cooking oil (a little)
• salt (a little)
• ground pepper (a little)
• melted butter (a little)
• grated breadcrumbs (a little)
• butter (for the sauce) (a little)
• bouillon (a little)
• lemon juice (for the sauce) (a little)

Instructions

1. Let the skinned and scored turbot marinate for several hours in a mixture of lemon juice, fine cooking oil, salt, and ground pepper.
2. Afterward, brush with melted butter, coat with grated breadcrumbs, and grill on both sides until light yellow.
3. Serve with brown butter, which has been reduced with bouillon and seasoned with lemon juice.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.