Plaice steak, buttered mash and summer veg

Creamy garlic mash and buttery summer vegetables are the perfect accompaniments to Matt Tebbutt’s plaice steaks.
By Matt Tebbutt
From Saturday Kitchen
Ingredients
For the summer veg
- 4 baby courgettes
- 200g/7oz fresh peas
- 100g/3½oz broad beans, double podded
- ½ cucumber, diced
- 6 radishes
- 30g/1oz unsalted butter
- 200ml/⅓pt chicken stock
- 1 bay leaf
- small bunch fresh thyme
- 2 tbsp chervil, chopped
- 1 Little Gem lettuce, leaves separated
Method
Put the butter, milk, cream, bay leaf, garlic and thyme into a medium saucepan over a low heat. Allow to infuse for 30 minutes.
Heat up the mashed potato and add the hot cream mix. Beat together and push through a sieve to make smooth. Serve as a very loose purée.
To make the summer vegetables, cook the vegetables in the butter in a sauté pan for 2–3 minutes over medium heat, add the aromatics and stock, and cook for a further 3–4 minutes.
Heat a frying pan and dust the fish in seasoned flour. Cook the fish for 8–10 minutes, then finish with lemon juice. Serve with the mash and vegetables.