Title: Old Fashioned Fish Bake
Categories: British, Fish, Smoked, Cod, Cheese
Yield: 4 Servings
1 1/4 lb Smoked cod
1 oz Butter
2 Leeks; thinly sliced
1 oz Flour
1/2 pt Milk
2 tb Cream
Freshly milled black pepper
1 Bay leaf
Parsley, chopped
1 oz Cheddar cheese, grated
Generously grease a pie dish with butter, remove all bones from
fish and cut in portions, place in pie dish. Melt butter in a
saucepan, add leeks, cook gently for two minutes. Add in flour and
cook for one minute. Which in milk and cream. Bring to the boil.
Pour sauce over fish, add bay leaf. Cover and bake in a fairly
moderate oven 350f (180c) (Gas 4) for 25 minutes: Remove cover,
sprinkle cheese over the fish and return to the oven to
brown.Garnish with chopped parsley. Serve with boiled potatoes and
lemon-buttered carrots. You can substitute smoked haddock or
smoked coley in place of cod.
