Smoked Haddock Hollandaise Bake With Dill Caper Fried Potatoes Food

SMOKED HADDOCK & HOLLANDAISE BAKE WITH DILL & CAPER FRIED POTATOES

Steps:

• Put the potatoes in a pan and cover with cold water. Bring to the boil, cover with a lid and cook for 7-8 mins until a knife easily pierces them but they still hold their shape. Drain and leave to steam dry. Meanwhile, heat the butter and oil in a frying pan, and when the butter is sizzling, add the shallots. Fry until soft, about 5 mins, then add the potatoes and fry for about 15 mins until crispy on all sides.
• While the potatoes are cooking, make the hollandaise. Whisk the yolks and cornflour together until smooth. Add the cream and vinegar, and season well. Pour into a small pan, heat very gently, whisking constantly, until the consistency of custard. If the sauce looks like it's splitting, curdling, or getting too hot, add a splash more cream and whisk vigorously - it should become smooth again. Check the seasoning, adding a little more salt or vinegar if it needs it.
• Heat the grill to medium-high. Heat a drizzle more oil in another small, ovenproof frying pan. Add the spinach, season and cook until just wilted. Spread the spinach across the pan and place the haddock fillets on top. Spoon over the hollandaise to cover each fillet. Grill for 10 mins until the fish is flaking and the sauce is browning in patches.
• Scatter the potatoes with the capers, dill and lemon zest. Serve alongside the fish with lemon wedges for squeezing over.

POTATOES WITH CAPERS AND DILL

Steps:

• Boil the potatoes in their skins in salted water until tender.
• While the potatoes are cooking, make the dressing. In a small bowl mix together the oil, lemon juice, orange juice, onion, parsley, dill, capers, salt, and pepper. Let sit at room temperature.
• Drain the potatoes, cool briefly, skin, then cut in slices about 1/8 inch thick.
• Arrange in layers in a serving dish, pouring some of the dressing over each layer and sprinkling with salt.
• Marinate for several hours at room temperature, carefully turning occasionally with a metal spatula.
• Serve at room temperature, decorated with a sprig of dill.
• [May be prepared ahead]

SMOKED HADDOCK, LEEK, AND SAFFRON BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas 6.
• Heat the cream and milk with the thyme, garlic, bay, saffron and some seasoning. Bring it up to steaming, then turn the heat down so that it is just infusing as you build the rest of the dish.
• Choose an ovenproof dish that will hold the fish snugly and has sides about 6cm high. Grease it well with butter.
• Layer the bottom of the dish with half of the sliced potato, overlapping a little and seasoning as you go.
• Add a layer of half the leek rings, followed by the rest of the spuds, again overlapping slightly. Season, then place the haddock pieces on top.
• Turn the heat off the infused dairy mixture, stir the chopped parsley into it and pour half the mixture over the fish.
• Add the rest of the leeks and top with the sliced tomatoes.
• Pour the rest of the dairy over the top. The top layer of leeks should be just about covered, but the tomatoes don't need to be.
• Cover the dish in foil and bake for 30-40 minutes. Stick a knife down into the spuds and - as long as they're nearly done - whip the foil off, dot the top with knobs of butter and pop it back into the oven for a final 15 minutes.

BAKED HADDOCK & POTATOES

Steps:

• Cut the potatoes in thick slices (3mm approx.) and sprinkle with half the olive oil and salt.
• Cover a baking dish with the potatoes arranged in 2 layers.
• Add 1/4 glass of water and bake at 180°C while the rest of the recipe is being prepared (about 20 minutes).
• Put the rest of the olive oil into a frying-pan.
• Add the garlic and the red hot pepper (just a couple of slices per fillet will do, the recipe does not have to be too hot).
• Prepare a mixture with the rest of the water, the vinegar, salt and white pepper.
• When the garlic gets golden, add the mixture, and let cook for another 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle the fillets with salt and olive oil.
• Put the haddock fillets on top of the potatoes and pour the mixture with the garlic over them.
• Bake for another 15 minutes or until done (the colour changes to white).