Pike perch in sauce with paprika and rice

Ingredients

→ GROUND BLACK PEPPER
→ SALT
→ 750 G OF WALLEYE OR 500 G OF WALLEYE FILLET
→ 2 TABLESPOONS BUTTER
→ 150 G OF RICE
→ 1 CUP FISH BROTH (OR WATER)
→ 1 CUP OF MILK
→ 1 TABLESPOON WHEAT FLOUR
→ ½ TSP GROUND PAPRIKA

Put the walleye fillet in a saucepan, add salt and pepper, pour 1 cup of fish broth (or water) (see "Cutting fish", "Fish broth", "Features of cooking boiled fish"), cover with a lid and cook for 15-20 minutes.

Wash the rice in cold water and boil it in 1.5 liters of hot water, add 1 teaspoon of salt (see "Japanese rice"). Then put the rice in a colander or sieve, let the water drain, put it in a saucepan, add 1 tablespoon of preheated butter, stir and cover.

In a separate saucepan, put 1 tablespoon of butter and 1 tablespoon of flour and lightly fry over low heat, stirring frequently with a spoon, so that the flour does not burn and does not brown. Add the paprika, stir, pour in the hot milk in two batches, stirring each time with a spoon, add the broth from the cooked walleye and boil for 5-6 minutes. In the resulting sauce, put salt, oil and stir with a spoon.

When serving, put the rice in the middle of the warmed dish, and on top – pieces of walleye and pour the strained sauce.