A Different Kettle Of Fish

[mrdee 1]

Once again, with the festive season on its way, there is always room for new recipes.

This time a nice starter, for the ones who like fish and seafood.

It is called "Fish Kettle".

 

Ingredients:

1 piece of thick, firm fish (eg. cod fillet) (1 slice/person)

150 gr shrimps

150 gr sea food mix

50 gr flour

50 gr butter

150 gr mushrooms

1 lemon

3 egg yolks

grated cheese

vegetable stock

1 dl of cream

1 dessert spoon of tomato purée

2 dl water

white wine^(*)

^{(*) For conversion of the measurements, please look on http://nannaskitchen.co.cc/.}

 

Method:

 

Make a white sauce by melting your butter and adding the flour, then while stirring, slowly add the water. Make sure it is very thick (maybe add less water if needed), add vegetable stock and white wine..

 

Make a second binding with cream and egg yolks and stir into the sauce.

Add the mushrooms.

Add the pieces of fish and let them poach for 2 minutes. Do not break up the fish while stirring.

Add the shrimps, the tomato purée and the frozen mixed seafood,

Put the fish in small oval oven dishes (one piece of fish per dish).

Pour the sauce over the fish generously and put grated cheese on top.

Put in a pre-heated oven at 200° for 15 minutes.

 

The fish kettle is now ready to serve.

Edited November 26, 2011 by mrdee (see edit history)