Seafood Au Gratin Recipe

I love baked fish and this seafood au gratin recipe is one of my favourites. It makes a substantial family meal with the addition of potatoes and vegetables.

Seafood Au Gratin
4 basa fish steaks or fillets
salt & pepper
lemon
oil for greasing dish
4 slices bread
few sprigs parsley
6 oz (150g) hard cheese - finely grated
oil to drizzle over

Parsley Sauce
1 pint milk
1 tbspn cornflour
1 oz (25g) butter
handful fresh chopped parsley
freshly ground black pepper

Heat the oven to Gas Mk 4 350F or 180C

Grease an oven proof dish, large enough to lay the fish without overlapping.

Season with salt, pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice.

Put the bread into a food processor or blender and make into fine breadcrumbs. The parsley sprigs can go in with the bread and that will chop it finely.

Mix the bread, parsley and cheese and put to one side.

Make up the parsley sauce. Mix the cornflour to a smooth paste with about 1 tbspn milk.

Heat the milk to boiling and remove from the heat. Stir in the cornflour, mixing well.

Add the butter and parsley and return to the heat, stirring until thickened.

Taste and adjust the seasoning.

Pour the sauce over the fish and top with the breadcrumb mix. Drizzle oil over the top.

Bake in the oven for about 30 to 40 minutes until the fish is cooked and the top nicely browned. Fillets will need less time than thick steaks.

This seafood au gratin recipe would make a good dinner party main course.

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