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This dish from the Irish food board Bord Bia is a combination of fresh Irish fish with the delicious French sauce rouille.
Rouille is a sauce that consists of olive oil with breadcrumbs, garlic, saffron, and cayenne pepper. It’s usually served as a garnish with fish. For this recipe, any leftover rouille will keep well in the fridge for a couple of days. You could also serve it with fish burgers or crispy baked hake.
Fish Stew with Rouille recipe
Serves: 6 people
Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients (Main):
-500g whiting, skinned, boned, and cut into 2½cm chunks
-18 mussels, cleaned and beards removed
-18 raw, peeled prawns, veins removed
– 2 tablespoons olive oil
-4 tomatoes, roughly chopped
-1 onion, finely diced
-1 stick of celery, finely diced
-2 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
-1 tablespoon tomato purée
-120ml white wine
-600ml water
-1 bouquet garni (bay leaf, fennel and thyme)
-½ teaspoon of saffron or saffron strands
-300g potatoes, peeled and cut into small cubes
-Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Ingredients (Side)
For the rouille:
– 25g stale bread, soaked in 2 tablespoons of water
-3 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped
-1 egg yolk
-2 tablespoons of harissa or chili paste
– A squeeze of lemon juice
– 200ml olive oil
To Serve:
-Toasted slices of bread
-Chopped parsley
Method:
-Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 1, 140ºC (275ºF).
-Peel the potatoes and cut them into thin slices. Overlap one-third of the slices over the base of a buttered 2.¼ litre shallow ovenproof dish and sprinkle with half the chopped garlic, one-third of the grated cheese and some salt and pepper.
-Repeat the layers once more, then finish with a final layer of neatly overlapped potatoes.
-Warm the milk and cream together in a pan with a little more seasoning to taste. Pour over the potatoes and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
-Bake for approximately 1½ hours until the potatoes are tender when pierced with the tip of a knife.
-Cover very loosely with a sheet of foil part-way through cooking after the top has become nicely golden.
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So whether the time factor, the budget, healthy eating, or just delicious meals are your concern, there are lots for you to enjoy.
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*Originally published in July 2021. Updated in October 2024.