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Skate with black butter

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We stock up on fish at Bishops Waltham's fishmongers, Anyfish . Fishmongers have a better and more varied supply of fish than supermarkets and it's always fresh.  I tend to buy plenty and freeze the majority as it takes me a 40 min round trip so I go to the fishmongers about once a month. I have quit on taking a list to the fishmongers. They rely mainly on locally sourced fish and you don't always know what they have in stock. If I make the mistake of going late on the day, they are also more likely to have run out on some fish or another.  I have learnt to go after breakfast and enter the shop with an open mind. I buy what they have in stock and figure out what to do with it later. This time it was skate. I bought a wing planning on scattering it on a salad but then found this recipe on Kate Whiteman's The ultimate book of fish and shellfish and decided to cook it for my partner. The wing was quite big and we ended up sharing it. Serves: 1 person. Ingredients: 1 sk...