Skate wings with "beurre noisette" and capers

I do not know why but it came up in conversation the other day about skate wings and the kids in the room were saying what a strange fish it look as someone cooked it on the television.  And I was saying it tastes really nice but on one believed me , apart for one person who had had skate wing before. Well the first time I had it was the classic French way and that is what this recipe is

You will need  

2 skate wings

50g/2oz plain flour

25g/1oz butter

1tbsp olive oil

175g/6oz butter

The juice of half a lemon

3tbsp capers

A small handful of chopped flat leaf parsley

Salt and fresh ground black pepper.

First take your skate wings and dredge them in well-seasoned flour. Then take a large heavy frying pan and heat it to a high heat on the stove top.  Once hot add the 25g/1oz butter and the olive oil and let that start to foam. Then place your skate wing in to the pan and cook for about 3 or 4 minutes on each side.  Once completely cooked take out of the pan and keep them warm by covering then with a warm plate.

Now wipe out the pan and return it to the heat , place the butter back in the pan and melt until it has just started to  turn nut brown in colour. Then squeeze in the lemon juice, add the cappers and stir in the parsley . return the skate wing back to the pan and spoon over some of the butter and then plate them up spooning the butter sauce all over the wings.

This is beat enjoyed with a good dry white wine and some really nice crusty beard.