Mixed Fish Mayonnaise

Name: Mixed Fish Mayonnaise
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 2 tbsp finely chopped parsley and chives, mixed; 4 anchovy fillets, patted dry; 2 tbsp finely chopped parsley and chives, mixed; Freshly ground black pepper; 6 oz/170 g cooked prawns, shelled; A few mussels, cooked and shelled (optional); 4 anchovy fillets, patted dry; ¼ pint/140 ml double cream, whipped; ¾ pint/420 ml good mayonnaise; 1 tsp medium strength curry powder; 1 tbsp lemon juice; Milk and water to cover the fish; Milk and water to cover the fish; 1 onion, skinned and cut in half; 1 stick of celery, chopped in bits; 2 lb/900 g smoked haddock or cod; 1½ lb/675 g cod or hake; 1½ lb/675 g cod or hake; Milk and water to cover the fish; 2 lb/900 g smoked haddock or cod

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Claire Macdonald Cookbook

By Claire Macdonald

Published 1997

About

You can combine any fish you like, really, in this dish. The more special the occasion it is intended for, the higher the ratio can be of shellfish to white and smoked fish. It makes a delicious main course for summer parties, one of my favourites of the recipes in this book! Also one of the simplest.

Ingredients

2 lb/900 g smoked haddock or cod
1½ lb/675

Fish course
Pescatarian
Spring
Gluten-free
Summer

Method

Feel the fish with your fingertips and remove all bones. Put into a saucepan with milk and water to cover, and the onion and celery.

Heat till the milk and water just begins to simmer. Cook for 2 minutes, then take the pan off the heat and leave till the fish is cool enough to handle. Flake the fish, carefully removing the skin. Reserve the flaked fish.

Mix together the cream, m