Recipe from the kitchen
Tuck into Head Chef Daniel's Smoked Haddock Dauphines
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...