Sorrel sauce for fish

Name: Sorrel sauce for fish
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 people
Ingredients: 100 g sorrel; 1 shallot; 15 g butter; 100 ml dry white wine or fish stock; 200 ml cream; salt and pepper

Updated on 9 October 2026

Makes: 4 people
Time: 15 min
From: Common sorrel

Ingredients

100 g sorrel
1 shallot
15 g butter
100 ml dry white wine or fish stock
200 ml cream
salt and pepper

Method

Chop the shallot and soften it in the butter.
Add the wine and reduce by half.
Add the cream and simmer gently for 3 minutes.
Stir in the sorrel, cut into strips; let it wilt (it turns olive green), blend if you like and season. Serve with salmon, cod or poached eggs.

Storing: Make the sauce just before serving; leftovers keep for a day in the fridge.