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Smoked Haddock Bacon Bake

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Smoked Haddock & Bacon Bake is easy to make, but, it will test your knife skills! If you own a Mandoline, please be sure to use the guard or, it will test your finger tips! The dish requires fine slices of potatoes, however, that being said, you could slice slightly thicker but, you'll need to par boil for slightly longer. Smoked Haddock & Bacon Bake only has few ingredients but, it has flavour to the max, 'tis basically all my favorite breakfast ingredients baked in a potato gratin.

Click the Method tab below to see a step-by-step guide on how to make Smoked Haddock & Bacon Bake, along with some pictures as guidance.

smoked haddock bacon bake cooked

ingredients

Here's what you need :¬)

  • 1kg potatoes finely sliced
  • 1 Tbsp salt
  • 150g smoked back bacon sliced
  • 1 onion finely sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic finely diced
  • 150g finely sliced mushrooms
  • 400g frozen skinless smoked haddock fillets
  • 50g butter
  • 1 Tbsp flour
  • 1 tsp black peppercorns, ground
  • 1 vegetable stock cube, crumbled
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp dijon mustard
  • 300ml milk
  • 125g extra strong cheddar cheese
  • 2 Tbsp parsley chopped
  • *2 soft boiled eggs sliced - optional
  • finely diced chives to finish - optional

method

This really is a pretty simple dish to construct, and there are only a few ingredients. Most of the work is in the veg' prep', onions, mushrooms and potatoes, but if you have a mandolin, it will make short work of slicing those potatoes. Just take care to use the finger guard if you do!

ingredients
ingredients
  1. first job is to get the potatoes onto gentle par-boil
  2. allow them to come to a gentle boil & cook for 7 minutes
  3. immediately drain into a sieve & drop into ice cold water until cold, then drain well until dry
dry the potatoes
sliced potatoes
  1. heat a heavy based pan, add the bacon and fry until just slightly coloured
  2. add the black pepper, onion, garlic & mushrooms, just soften them down & set aside
  3. now add butter to the pan & make your sauce
  4. once the butter has melted add stock, onion powder, mustard & flour
  5. create a roux and allow it to cook
  6. now get a whisk & slowly add milk, whisking constantly
  7. soon as it comes together turn off the heat & add parsley
  8. place your bacon, mushroom & onion into the base of a oven-proof serving dish
create the bottom layer
mushrooms onion bacon in dish
  1. wash your frozen haddock in cold water just for a minute
  2. top with your fish fillets & cover with the hot sauce
add fish fillets
smoked haddock added to dish
add hot sauce
sauce added to dish
  1. *add eggs now across the top if using
add eggs
sliced egg added
  1. start to layer your potatoes, adding a little cheese as you go
add potatoes
sliced potato gratin
  1. push the potatoes & dish down
  2. try to be sure the top is covered in cheese
  3. add a good twist of freshly ground black pepper
add potatoes
grated cheese topping
  1. bake @180°C for 45 minutes
  2. the dish should now be brown & bubbling
  3. remove from the oven
  4. stick a table knife or a meat thermometer into the center of a fish fillet to be sure it's all cooked through. 63°C is perfects!
  5. let the dish cool for 10 minutes to allow it to relax & the flavours to merge, top with chives
smoked haddock bacon bake
smoked haddock bacon bake cooked
Not the prettiest dish, but flavour?
smoked haddock bacon bake plated
...Well that makes up for it!

Serving suggestion Smoked Haddock & Bacon Bake Freshly steamed vegetables of your choosing, or, quite simply a fork ;-)