Baked sole in sour cream sauce
- 2 lb filet of lemon sole (cut into portion-sized pieces)
- 2 lb potatoes (peeled and sliced into rounds approximately 1/5 inch thick)
- 1/2 lb button mushrooms (sliced)
- 3 hard-boiled eggs (sliced into rounds)
- 2 cups sour cream
- 1 tbsp minced dill
- all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp butter
- vegetable oil
- salt and pepper
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Preheat the oven to 375 F. Gently heat sour cream in a small casserole and keep at a simmer.
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Make roux by melting 1 tbsp butter over medium heat and sifting 1 tbsp flour over it. Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture is a deep-golden color. Whisk the roux into sour cream, season with salt, and simmer for 1 minute. Cover the sauce and set aside.
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Melt 2 tbsp butter in a skillet. Season the filets with salt and pepper. Roll in flour.
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Fry the fish pieces in butter until golden-brown on both sides. Drain on paper towels.
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Saute mushrooms in 1 tbsp butter until they have reabsorbed their liquid, about 2 minutes.
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Separately, skillet-fry potatoes in vegetable oil until slightly crispy on the outside, but slightly undercooked on the interior. Drain on paper towels.
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Arrange the fish pieces on the bottom of a braiser. Top each piece with egg rounds and mushrooms. Arrange potatoes between and around the fish pieces.
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Pour the sour cream sauce over the fish and potatoes.
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Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with dill and serve.

