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Fish Filets Poached in White Wine

November 4, 2019 | Updated August 29, 2023 | Laura

✽ Recipe from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. I | Julia Child ✽

Julia Child Recipe 48 | 480 recipes to go!

✽ Fish Filets Poached in White Wine [Filets de Poisson Pochés au Vin Blanc], p. 208

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✽ Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. I was written by Julia Child who co-authored with Simone Beck & Louisette Bertholle and was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961.

✽ You can buy Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I which contains these recipes here. (affiliate link)

The purpose of this Julia Child section of my blog is to document my journey of learning how to cook. To show my successes, my failures, and what I learned along the way.

Since I didn't create these recipes (if only!), I do not post exact amounts of ingredients or word-for-word instructions. If any of these recipes spark your interest, I highly recommend you buy Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking (affiliate link). It's a great investment and learning tool and contains hundreds of classic recipes.

I hope that you enjoy reading my thoughts, learn something new, and leave inspired to try a new recipe. Bon appétit!

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✽ Butter Count: +1.5 TB

✽ Cost: $18.45 [~$3.08 per serving]

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If you read my previous blogs, you would have read about the absolute horror when I cut open my flounder in order to cook this recipe the first time around. Long story short, the flounder had worms. Red, translucent, 100% alive worms. Absolutely terrifying, and I was traumatized for a while after that.

I finally become brave enough to attempt again.. But this time, NO flounder. I used trout this time around, and it was good. However, Julia suggests sole. I found it at our local Asian Market so will definitely be using that next time!

This fish recipe is super simple. It was my first time poaching fish so I had a lot of fun with it. The white wine adds a very subtle delicious flavor to the fish. I am so excited to make the next recipe in this chapter which is this same fish with white wine and mushroom sauce. Yum! I served this poached fish with a side of broccoli and piece of garlic bread. Delicious!

Looking for more Julia Child seafood recipes to read about?

→ Check out all of the fish recipes that I've completed so far!

✽ Step 1: Add Ingredients to Baking Dish

In order to make this dish, shallots, lightly seasoned fish filets, and butter are put into a baking dish. I used my fairly new Lodge Dutch oven. I then barely covered the fish with a white wine and water mix.

✽ Step 2: Poach Fish

The liquid is brought to a simmer on the stove and then placed into the oven for about ten minutes. Then you’re done! I told you it was simple.

In the book, Julia does go on to describe how to reheat the fish while you are making a sauce. Since I decided to try poached fish without the sauce first, I will save those details for next time.

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Edit: These pictures are.. not great. I apologize. When making these early recipes I was working in an extremely tiny kitchen that had pratically zero counter space and very poor lighting. My only saving grace was that somebody once had one of those pull-out cutting boards installed. What a life saver.

I was also in pharmacy school, getting minimal sleep, working for free, completely broke, didn't know the first thing about taking photos, and knew practically nothing about French cooking (or cooking in general for that matter).

I've debated taking these old posts down but decided to keep them up because they are all a part of my journey. These photos and my written struggles remind me how far I've come. I can pretty much make some of these base recipes in my sleep now!

You don't need fancy equipment or the finest ingredients to enjoy cooking and make good food. As one of my favorite cartoon characters, Ms. Frizzle, says, "Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!"

*This blog, Laura the Gastronaut, and this post were/are not endorsed or supported by Julia Child or The Julia Child Foundation.

Category: Julia Child, Fish Cuisine: French
Keywords: julia child fish recipes, how to poach fish, french poached fish recipe

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More Fish Recipes:

✽ Thon a la Provencale (tuna steaks made with wine, tomatoes, and herbs)
✽ Sole a la Dieppoise (fish filets served with mussels and shrimp)
✽ Fish Filets Poached in White Wine with Cream & Egg Yolk Sauce (the same poached fish covered in a delicious creamy sauce)
→ Check out all of the completed Julia Child fish recipes!

✽ You can find this recipe and all the other Julia Child recipes I make in Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I (affiliate link). Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. I was written by Julia Child who co-authored with Simone Beck & Louisette Bertholle and was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961.

✽ Check out my Julia Child Recipe Checklist to see a list of all my completed and pending recipes from Mastering the Art of French Cooking!

Bon appétit!

November 4, 2019 by Laura Ehlers

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