Baked Plaice

Ingredients:
100g shallots or
2 onions, peeled
1 bunch spring onion, pared
1 medium- sized cucumber, cut into small thick pieces
1 bunch thyme
1 bunch tarragon
Sat , to taste
Pepper, freshly ground
800 g Plaice fillets
a bit of flour
2 tbsp oil
100g butter
6 small tomatoes, blanched,halved
1 lemon, juiced

Direction:
Bring a pan of water to the boil, put in the shallots, spring onion and cucumber, and cook until tender( takes two to three minutes). Then drain and rinse with cold water. Wash the herbs. Remove the leaves from the stalks and chop. Salt and pepper the plaice fillets, and dip them in flour. Heat the oil and a tbsp of butter, fry the fish quickly on both sides. Remove from the fat and arrange on warmed plates. Heat two tbsp of the butter until bubbling and saute the shallots, spring onions and cucumber. Then add the tomatoes and season with the salt and pepper. Arrange the vegetables decoratively around the plaice. Heat the rest of the butter and quickly fry the herbs, then pour over the fish. Sprinkle the fish and vegetables with lemon juice and serve.