Recipe for
Fish Bake with Fluffy Potato Topping
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
30 minutes
Hake fillets enrobed with a creamy mushroom and pepper sauce, topped with fluffy mashed potatoes.
Ingredients
(4)
800g SPAR Hake Fillets
SPAR Salt and Pepper to season
600 ml SPAR Long Life milk
45 ml SPAR Butter or margarine
60 ml SPAR Cake Flour
5 ml Mustard
25 ml SPAR Salad and Chip Sauce or mayonnaise
125 ml SPAR Cheddar Cheese, grated
30 ml Chives chopped, optional
1 small red pepper diced
12 button mushrooms, sliced
6 large potatoes, boiled and peeled
45 ml SPAR Butter Spread
45 ml SPAR Long Life Milk
Method
Season the fish with salt and pepper. Place in a saucepan with the milk and simmer slowly in the milk until cooked through. Drain, reserving the milk.
Add more milk if necessary to make up to 500ml. Flake the fish and set aside
Heat the butter or margarine. Add the flour and mustard and cook for a minute or two. Remove from the heat and stir in the reserved milk. Return to the heat and cook stirring until the sauce thickens. Add the Salad and chip sauce or mayonnaise and cheddar cheese, chives, red pepper, button mushrooms and flaked fish.
Place into a greased baking dish. Mash the potatoes with salt and pepper. Add butter and milk and continue to mash until light and fluffy.
Spread over the fish and bake at 180 c for 30 minutes.