Fish and Seafood Recipes -
Cod and Prawn
Bake in Cheese Sauce
Recipe
Fish and Seafood
Recipes
-
Cod and Prawn Bake
in Cheese Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
Serve
4
450 ml/3/4 pint
milk
1/4 onion
6 peppercorns
blade of mace
1 bay leaf
a few parsley
stalks
50 g/2 oz butter
450 g/1 lb cod
fillets, skinned
50 g/2 oz button
mushrooms, sliced
125 g/4 oz cooked
peeled prawns
30 g/1 1/2 oz plain
flour
1 tablespoon lemon juice
125 g/4 oz grated Cheddar
cheese
salt and pepper
To serve:
country bread
salad
Method:
Put
the milk into a
saucepan with the onion, peppercorns, mace,
bay leaf
and parsley stalks. Bring to the boil, then remove from the
heat and leave to infuse while preparing the
remaining ingredients.
Melt the butter in another saucepan and use a little
to brush the inside of a 1.6 liter/2 3/4 pint ovenproof
pie dish.
Cut the cod into finger-size strips, place
in the pie dish and scatter the mushrooms and prawns
on top.
Strain the milk through a sieve, then discard the
contents of the sieve.
Add the flour to the
remaining butter in the saucepan, stirring to blend.
Gradually stir in the strained milk to make a smooth
sauce. Bring to the boil, stirring constantly until
the sauce thickens.
Season with salt, pepper and
lemon juice and add two-thirds of the grated cheese.
Stir until melted.
Pour the sauce over the fish, sprinkle with the
remaining cheese.
Place on a baking sheet and cook
in a preheated oven,
180°C
(350°F), Gas Mark 4, for 20-25 minutes until golden
brown. Serve with country bread and salad.