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Alose Grillée Maître d'Hôtel

A whole spring shad, scored, oiled and grilled slowly over gentle heat, served with parsley-and-lemon maître d'hôtel butter and lemon. Shad's rich, sweet flesh needs nothing more.

  • YieldOne 1.5 kg shad; serves 4
  • Hands-on35 min
  • Total1 h 17 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Fish

  • 1whole shad (about 1.5 kg), scaled and gutted
  • 30 mlolive oil
  • to tastesalt and freshly ground black pepper

Maître d'hôtel butter

  • 100 gunsalted butter, softened
  • 6 gflat-leaf parsley, very finely chopped
  • 3 gfine salt
  • 1 pinchfreshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tsplemon juice

To serve

  • 2lemons, halved

Diet

  • Pescatarian
  • Keto
  • Lower sugar

Contains

  • Dairy
  • Fish
  • Herring
  • Olive
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Lemon
  • Parsley
  • Black and white pepper

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Smoke
  • Herbal / fresh

Texture

  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Grill
  • Probe thermometer

Season

  • Spring

Occasion

  • Weeknight
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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