Cookbook:Thin Fish Fillets

| American cuisine | Fish

Ingredients

 * 4 ea. (24 ounces) flounder or other flat fish fillets
 * Olive oil
 * ½ cup dry vermouth
 * 2 tablespoon (¼ stick) unsalted butter, softened
 * Salt
 * Freshly-ground black pepper
 * 4 lemon wedges

Procedure

 * 1) At least 20 minutes before you plan to cook, preheat broiler.
 * 2) Lightly oil bottom of a 9x13-inch ovenproof dish.
 * 3) Arrange fillets in a single layer in the dish.
 * 4) Pour in vermouth, using only enough to be about ½ inch deep.
 * 5) Put pan under broiler and broil the fish as close to the heat as possible for about 2 minutes.
 * 6) Remove and quickly spread softened butter over the fillets.
 * 7) Return the pan to the broiler and cook for about 5 minutes more, until fish is just cooked through.
 * 8) Remove fish from the broiler.
 * 9) Salt and pepper each fillet and serve it with lemon wedges.