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Carrelet

What it is

It is born symmetrical, swimming upright like any fish, and then one eye migrates across the skull over a few weeks until both sit on the same side. The orange spots are unmistakable and fade within hours of death.

In the kitchen

It is thin and cooks in three or four minutes. Flour, butter, lemon — anything more elaborate buries it.

Goes with

Butter Lemon Capers Parsley T55 flour Shrimp Black pepper Cream

In season alongside

Hake John Dory Sea bass Snow crab Trout Weever

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