Recipes

Jose Wilson's Fillet of Sole Rockport

4 servings

Chuck Williams was given this recipe, one of his favorites, by the late Jose Wilson, James Beard's "righthand woman." He notes that it "anticipates how confident we would become by the late 1980s with all the different culinary influences we'd absorbed in the previous decades. Its combination of flavors reflects that fact; each highly distinctive, yet all of them nicely balanced to complement the delicate sole flavor." Serve with rice and green beans.

Adapted from "Celebrating the Pleasures of Cooking," by Chuck Williams (Time-Life Books and Weldon Owen, 1997).

4 tablespoons unsalted butter

1/4 cup Dijon-style mustard

2 tablespoons prepared horseradish, drained

1/4 cup lemon juice

4 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese

1/2 cup low-fat sour cream

Salt

Freshly ground black pepper