Brill
Fresh
Landed by William of Ladram, a Brixham boat (Friday 9 October).
Every fish is at least the minimum weight shown. Most are heavier and the extra is free. If one ever comes in under, we refund the difference.
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Pay by card when you order. Your receipt comes by email.
Brill is a broad, oval flatfish and a close relative of turbot. Its dark upper side is smooth and speckled, without the bony bumps turbot carries, and it lives on sandy and gravel ground in the waters around the south-west, where local boats land it.
The flesh is white, sweet and delicate, with a fine flake that holds together well when cooked on the bone. Cooks often pick brill when they want the eating quality of turbot at a gentler price, and it suits both simple treatments and richer sauces.
Suitable for
- Roasting whole
- Pan-frying
- Baking
- Poaching
- Steaming
- Grilling
Ideas
- Roasted whole on the bone with brown shrimp butter
- Pan-fried fillets with crushed new potatoes and samphire
- Poached and served with a light white wine sauce
- Baked with leeks, cream and a little cider
How much to buy
About 350-450g of whole fish per person, or 150-180g of fillet.
Season
Most readily available from May to September, with supplies hardest to find from December to February.
Storage and freezing
Keep it in its wrapping on a plate at the bottom of the fridge (0-5C) and cook within 1-2 days of delivery.
Freezes well if wrapped tightly on the day it arrives; use within 3 months and thaw overnight in the fridge.
Chef's tip
Cook it on the bone where you can: the bone keeps the delicate flesh moist and makes it easy to judge when it lifts away cleanly.
Allergens
Contains: Fish.
Product information
- Name
- Brill
- Sold
- fresh
- Species
- Scophthalmus rhombus
- Caught at sea
How ordering works
- 1
Add to your basket. Pick your fish and the delivery day.
- 2
Pay by card. Pay by card when you order. Your receipt comes by email.
- 3
Delivered chilled. Prepared the way you chose and brought to your door in our own chilled van, never by courier, across Cornwall and Plymouth, Monday to Friday. Order by 4pm the day before.
Free delivery: Cornwall (TR mainland) and Mid-Cornwall· Further out: £5.95–£9.95, free over the zone's threshold· all zones
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