Wednesday 28 March 2012

Breaded salmon with hollandaise sauce and parsley


Ingredients
1 salmon fillet
egg, beaten
flour
2 slices bread, crusts cut off
1tsp dill
hollandaise sauce
fresh parsely, chopped

1. Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas 6

2.  Grate the bread into breadcrumbs, stir in the dill and lie out on a plate

3.  Dip the salmon into the flour, then the egg, then coat with the breadcrumbs

4. Wrap in foil and bake for 20 minutes, open up the foil and bake for a further 10 minutes

5. Make/heat the hollandaise sauce according to instructions and mix in the chopped parsley

6. Place the salmon on a plate and pour the sauce over

Serves 1

Thursday 15 March 2012

Fish Pie


Ingredients
500g white fish and/or salmon
500g potatoes, peeled, boiled and mashed
400ml milk
10 black peppercorns
50g butter
40g plain flour
1tsp dill
1tsp parsley
1tsp lemon juice
50g cheddar cheese (grated)

1. Place the fish in a pan and cover with the milk. Add the peppercorns and heat for 10 minutes until cooked.

2. Preheat oven to 190°C / 375°F / gas 5

3. Remove the fish from the pan and place in an ovenproof dish. Remove the peppercorns and discard. Keep the milk

4. Melt the butter in a saucepan and stir in the flour, stir in the milk and bring to the boil. Keep stirring into a thick sauce. Season

5. Pour the sauce over the fish in the dish, add the lemon juice, parsley and dill and stir well

6. Put the mashed potato over the top and sprinkle the cheese over

7. Bake for 30 minutes

Serves 4

Wednesday 7 March 2012

Lasagne


Ingredients
250g lasagne sheets
500g minced beef
500g tomato pasta sauce
500g white lasagne sauce
1 onion, chopped
50g cheddar, grated
basil, oregano

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4

2. Fry the onion until soft then add the mince and cook until the mince has browned

3. Stir in the bolognese sauce and herbs and heat through for 5 minutes

4. Place a layer of lasagne sheets in the bottom of a baking tin / dish

5. Spread half of the mixture on top, then another layer of lasagne sheets, then mixture, then lasagne sheets

6. Spread the white sauce over the top and sprinkle the grated cheese over

7. Bake for 30 minutes

Serves 4