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Recipe from the kitchen

Tuck into Head Chef Daniel's Smoked Haddock Dauphines

 

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Create a simple starter from our Dune Restaurant menu at home

Keep the flavours of Fistral alive at home! Re-create a favourite from Head Chef Daniel Kerr's current menu and mix it up in the kitchen.

What you'll need. (makes 24-30)

  • 600g mash
  • 100g milk (for poaching)
  • 100g water
  • 90g butter
  • 120g plain flour
  • 2 tspn sugar
  • Generous pinch of salt
  • 4 eggs
  • 400g Smoked haddock

How you'll do it.

  • Place the smoked haddock into milk and poach for 4-5 minutes, then strain and reserve the milk for the recipe
  • Warm milk and water in small pan
  • Melt butter in a separate pan
  • Add flour, salt and sugar to butter and make a roux
  • Pour milk and water into roux until mixed
  • Cook for 2-3 mins, to make a classic choux pastry (as if you were making profiteroles)
  • Beat in eggs 1 by one until incorporated
  • Fold through the dry mash
  • Fold through chives, dill and flaked cooked haddock
  • To cook the Dauphines
    • bring a pan of oil to 180g - you can test with a scrap of bread to see if it colours and goes brown if don't have a thermometer.
    • Using two spoons, quenelle the mix and place into the oil for a few minutes until golden on the outside (use a piping bag and make long tubes if you find it easier)

Serve with.

Salsa Verde...

  • 2 tbspn salted capers /washed
  • 2 salted anchovy fillets / washed
  • 2 garlic cloves peeled
  • 100g flat leaf parsley
  • 1 handful basil leaves
  • small handful of basil leaves
  • squeeze lemon
  • 70g extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/3 teaspoon Dijon mustard

Simply blend all ingredients (except the oil) to a paste, then blend in the oil.

Enjoy...

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