Aishling Moore: A simple lemon sole recipe with a fantastic watercress sauce

Keep it simple for best results

Lemon sole with watercress sauce Picture: Chani Anderson

Sat, 18 Jul, 2026 - 01:00

Aishling Moore is head chef and co-owner of Goldie, the award-winning seafood restaurant in Cork city. A pioneer of gill-to-fin cooking in Ireland, and author of cookbook The Whole Catch, she's won multiple awards for her cooking and writing.

This weekend’s recipe is all about simplicity, with some beautifully seared fillets of lemon sole served with a quick and vibrant watercress sauce. This watercress sauce is fantastic with just about any fish so use whatever’s freshest. Turbot is in season right now so keep an eye out for those meaty flat fish fillets which would be wonderful with this sauce.

Keep the accompaniments for this dish uncomplicated too, some steamed new spuds (still in their jackets please!) and a crisp green salad.