BRILL BAKED ON GREEN AND WHITE VEGETABLES
The size of your brill will dictate the number of mouths it will feed. A medium to large brill will satisfy four to six diners, a smallish one two. It should be reasonably large so that it will withstand a cooking time long enough for the vegetables to get to know the fish juices. You want a whole fish for this, so see what your fishmonger has; also take into account your cooking receptacles and the size of your oven.
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. In a pan gently sweat your vegetables and garlic in butter, just to start the softening process, but not so that they have given up all resistance. Season. Lay them as a bed for your fish in your dish/oven pan. Place the fish on its vegetable bed, dot with knobs of butter and season, then pop it into a hot oven. Check the fish with a knife—when done the flesh should part easily from the bone. Keep a very close eye after 10 minutes.
  2. Serve with lemon.