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Seafood and Spinach Mornay
This is a wonderful seafood dish, I guess you could call it a casserole recipe. It tastes wonderful and everyone I have made this for just loves it . It is not the quickest recipe I have posted lately as it has a few different stages and then the final oven cooking time, but it is by no means time intensive and the end result is yummo. I used prawns, white fish fillets and scallops but I am sure you could play around with the ingredients on this one. I mixed up the prawns in that I used some salad prawns and some medium sized prawns, this was just to save a little on cost, instead of buying all medium (more expensive), so feel free to do what you want.

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Ingredients

Olive oil
1 Onion, diced
3 Cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 Cup dry white wine
3 Teaspoons cornflour
11/2 Cups milk
11/2 Teaspoons fish stock granules
1 Cup Gruyere cheese, grated, firmly packed
2 Tablespoons dill, chopped
1 Cup cream
100g Salad prawns
100g Medium prawns
650g White fish fillets, chopped into cubes
150g Scallops, quartered
40g Butter
2 Cups panko flakes (Japanese breadcrumbs)
2 Tablespoons parsley, finely chopped
3 Tablespoons Gruyere, extra

Method

1. Heat a small amount of olive oil in a pan, add onion and garlic, cook until onion softens, add wine, stir until hot.

2. Mix some water with the cornflour, add some of the cornflour to the onion, garlic mix, just enough to thicken slightly, add milk, fish stock, cheese and dill, cook stirring until cheese melts, add remaining cornflour mix and stir until mixture thickens. (don’t worry if it seems real thick as you still have to add the cream)

3. Add fish, prawns, scallops and spinach, cook stirring gently until spinach wilts about 3 minutes, add cream stir to combine.Remove from heat.

4. In a fry pan melt butter, add panko flakes and parsley, stir to combine.

5. Pour fish mixture into an oven proof dish, top with panko mix and sprinkle extra cheese over the top. Bake in a moderate oven (180c) for about 20 Min’s or until golden brown.

To Serve: Place in serving bowls and garnish with dill if desired.

All photos taken by me unless otherwise stated.

Cheese Topped Fish
I saved this one a while ago to try from recipezaar member and never got round to making it. I almost did a couple of times and then I would read the ingredients and was not sure if I would like it, what a mistake that was I wish I had made this sooner. It is really quick and easy to make and tastes wonderful the whole family loved it. It is a totally different way to prepare fish with a curry flavour and just works so well. I used cod as I got to our grocery store just before closing and they were sold out of sea bream, but I do not think that mattered at all as it was still so yummy. I also did not read the instructions fully and I put the curry mayo mix and breadcrumbs on the fish and cooked from the git go like that. I cooked it for 15 Minutes in the oven and then just turned on the grill for 3-4 Minutes to really crisp and brown the top, I had quite thick fillets and this was perfect amount of time for them. If you would like to see this or other recipes by this chef please click here.

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Ingredients

6 Sea bream fillets (I did 2 large cod fillets that served 3)
salt
1 Cup mayonnaise (I cut down on this slightly as I was only making for 3)
2 teaspoons Madras curry powder (still used the 2 teaspoons)
1/2 cup matured cheese, grated (still made with exact amounts of cheese and breadcrumbs as I found I needed that.)
1/2 cup fresh breadcrumb (I used panko flakes, Japanese breadcrumbs)

Method

1. Remove skin from fillets and arrange in a greased oven-proof dish, sprinkle with salt & spread with combined mayonnaise & curry powder.

2. Cover with foil & bake at 180.C for 25-30 mins or until tender.

3. Mix together cheese & crumbs, sprinkle over fillets, return to oven until lightly browned.

As I said above I put the mayo mix, topped it with the breadcrumb mix and baked uncovered in the oven like that from the git go. I baked for 15 Min’s then turned on the grill for 3-4 minutes to finish them off and give them not only a nice golden colour but to really crisp the top up. This was only becuase I had not really read the instructions and this worked out fine.

All photos taken by me unless otherwise stated.