Finnan an’ Poached Egg

Preparation info
  • Yield:

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Classic Scots Cookery

By Catherine Brown

Published 2003

  • About

A popular High Tea item in the Glasgow tea-rooms of the early nineteenth century created by Miss Kate Cranston and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Like Buttered Smokies at the But ’n’ Ben, it was served with bread and butter, a pot of tea and, of course, goodies from the cake stand.

Ingredients

  • 750 g (1 lb 10 oz) finnan haddock fillets*
  • 250

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C/Gas 4.

Preparing and Cooking Fish

Cut the fish into portion sizes, place skin side down in a baking dish and add cream. Cover with foil and