The Lyon style perch recipe is characterized by cooking baked fish fillets in white sauce, made with cream and onion, among other ingredients. Keep reading and discover the step by step to learn how to prepare this delicious dish of perch with onion sauce.
Ingredients to make Perch a la lyonnaise:
- 6 perch fillets, 120g each
- 350 grams of onions
- 1 pinch of salt
- ½ glass of milk or cream
- 1 tablespoon of breadcrumbs
- 1 pinch of pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 sprig of parsley
- 60 grams of butter
How to make Perch alla lyonnaise:
- Clean the fish fillets well, the parsley sprig and the onions to start preparing the perch in cream sauce recipe.
- Finely chop the parsley and cut the onions into julienne strips or thin slices. Besides, preheat the oven to 250 ºC.
- Melt 30 grams of butter in a pan and, before it completely melts, add the chopped onions and stir.
- Pour half a glass of hot water, cover and cook over medium heat until the onions are soft.
- Now, add the cream or milk cream, the paprika, salt and pepper to taste, stir and continue cooking the sauce with the pan slightly uncovered.
- Sprinkle with the chopped parsley and remove the sauce from the heat. Take a baking dish or tray, grease it with butter and place the perch fillets covered with the onion sauce inside.
- Sprinkle with breadcrumbs, distribute the remaining butter and bake the perch a la lyonnaise for 15 minutes.
- Serve the perch in a hot cream sauce and enjoy this delicious dish with roast potatoes or white rice.
