Author: SlvmUtxnMEg
This recipe for cod with cheese sauce works well for just about any white fish as well as salmon. It’s quick, simple and tasty!
- 2 cod fillets
- 250 ml (8 fl oz) milk
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 peppercorns
For the Mornay sauce
- 50 g (2 oz) butter
- 50 g (2 oz) flour
- 120 g (4 oz) grated cheese
- Extra milk
- Pepper
- Place the fish fillets in a shallow pan. Add the milk, bay leaf and peppercorns and simmer gently for 8-10 minutes to poach the fish.
- Remove the fillets from the pan and keep them warm while you prepare the sauce. Remove the bay leaf from the milk.
- Melt the butter in a pan over a low heat and add the flour. Whisk together and keep whisking while you cook the mixture for 2 minutes.
- Add the milk used to poach the fish in small portions with stirring. Once all the milk from the pan has been added, add enough extra milk to achieve a creamy consistency.
- Bring the sauce to the boil. Just as it reaches boiling point turn off the heat and add the grated cheese. Mix well to dissolve the cheese.
- Season with ground pepper and pour the sauce over the fish. Serve with mashed potatoes and vegetables.
Calories: 695 Fat: 45.9 Sugar: 7.7 Fiber: 0.7 Protein: 42.8 Cholesterol: 180.8
This dish works well with cod, haddock, hake, tilapia, perch, etc, etc. It also works really well with prawns, salmon and trout.
Use a hard or semi-hard cheese to make the sauce. Cheese and fish is an amazing combination!
Recipe by Titli's Busy Kitchen at http://titlisbusykitchen.com/recipe/cod-mornay
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