as requested how to fillet a flatfish

pingu · #1 01-25-2008, 08:34 PM

as requested heres the easiest way to fillet a flatfish

firstly you need a sharp flexible knife( a stronger one is ok for round but not flat)

cut across top of where you think shoulder is on guts side and eviserate( this is not essential if just removeing fillets but if cooking as whole its a must)
this fish was very full of roe as you can see in following pics

next locate the backbone as this will be your guide for the 2 long cuts

i start from the tail but you can start from head, cut all along and down to the backbone

pull flesh apart and push knife in and slide flat to the bone frame

and slide along in long gentle slices against the frame so as to remove all flesh

the other fillet is removed in a mirror fashion after cutting arround head

turning the fish over is a repeat of other side effectively

then its just a case of trimming the four fillets

and you should have 4 fillets ready for the pan

flat fish wil always give you 2 good and 2 poor fillets due to the stomach cavity

hope you find this usefull, there are some more pics in my gallery if help

thanks to daughter for takeing pics

will try to do round fish when catch decent one

dave