Pike with Butter Sauce Recipe- Cookitsimply.com

Ingredients

• 1 whole pike (approximately 2kg)
• 6 pint water
• 2 pint white wine
• 2 carrots (chopped 2 onions, chopped)
• 2 sticks of celery (chopped)
• 2 cloves of garlic (crushed, peeled and chopped)
• 2 sprigs of thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• a bunch of flat-leaf parsley
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 tsp black peppercorns
• a pinch of fennel seeds
• 2 shallots (diced)
• 6 3/4 floz court bouillon stock
• juice of 1/2 lemon
• 1.1 lb butter (softened)
• flat-leaf parsley to garnish