Here is also another delicious fish recipe for you to try out at home… My smoked haddock with spinach in a creamy beurre blanc butter sauce… This fish dinner is so easy to make: you should definitely try out!
I know quite a few people who hate smoked fish, but I am fond of it.
And I love them all: smoked haddock, halibut, salmon, mackerel, trout… You name it, I will definitely not say no to it. True, smoked salmon is also far easier to find in the supermarket.
But smoked haddock might be a little trickier to track down.
I found smoked haddock in a British supermarket here in Spain the other day.
Smoked Fish
And because that portion was quite large, I thought I would make 2 recipes with it.
First of all: this delectable smoked haddock with spinach, topped off with a great French creamy beurre blanc butter sauce…
Classic ingredients and top notch flavors. It is a superb fish dinner you should definitely try out!
And the other recipe, I hear you think?
Well I made a quiche version of this dish with smoked haddock, spinach, cream and eggs. Do take a look at that one as well, you will love it too!
Easy Smoked Haddock with Spinach & Butter Sauce
Be careful with this classic beurre blanc butter sauce though, don’t go over it lightly.
This sauce tastes absolutely fabulous if it is done right, but the melted butter can also start to split in just a second if you rush it. You want that butter sauce to be rich and thick and glossy.
This beurre blanc sauce is kind of similar to bearnaise sauce, only difference between the two is the addition of an egg yolk and fresh tarragon.
Hey, a bernaise sauce would also go well with this smoked haddock with spinach actually now that I come to think of it.
Enjoy!
Easy Smoked Haddock with Spinach & Butter Sauce Recipe
A superb fish dinner you should definitely try out!
- 2 large fillets smoked haddock (thawed if frozen)
- 3 handfuls fresh spinach
- 2 medium waxy potatoes
- 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 5,5 oz unsalted butter (155 g), diced
- 3 tbsp red onion or shallot, chopped
- 3 cups whole milk (720 ml)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small garlic clove sliced
- pepper
- salt
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Pour the milk in a medium saucepan, also add the smoked haddock fillets and place the pan over medium-low heat until simmering.
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Warm the fish through, don't let the milk boil. In the meantime cook the potatoes in salted water. Don’t peel of chop them up, leave them in one piece.
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Make the butter sauce: add a teaspoon of butter to a small saucepan together with the chopped shallots or red onion and a pinch of garlic powder, pepper and salt.
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Let the onion or shallot fry over medium heat for 5 minutes. Stir regularly. Make sure it doesn’t burn. Then add the vinegar. Turn the heat up a bit and let the vinegar reduce until it is more or less gone. Then turn the heat as low as you can and add a chunk of ice cold butter. Gently stir it around on a fork until it has melted. Don’t rush it, the melted butter has to thicken gradually and that takes some time. If you rush it, the butter sauce will split.
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Then keep adding bits of butter one at a time. In the end the butter sauce should be very glossy and rather thick. Once you have incorporated all the butter, take the pan off the heat and let it rest for a couple of minutes.
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Add the sliced garlic and olive oil to a small frying pan.
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Place the pan over medium heat until hot. Bake the garlic for a minute. Then add the spinach and stir fry it for 2 minutes until soft.
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Drain the cooked potatoes and haddock. Peel the potatoes and slice them up. Place the potato slices on 2 deep plates. Top with the blanched spinach and a poached haddock fillet. Drizzle with the butter sauce. Serve immediately.
Food Blogging
I remember it like it was just yesterday.
A haddock recipe was my very recipe post ever!
Believe it or not. Back in those days then (must have been 13 years ago when I started food blogging) I was a total newbie when it came to food styling or photography.
I would snap a picture of my finished plate under my yellow kitchen lights.
Something even a good white balance adjuster can’t repair! Step by step preparation pictures would only come later.
I am also not sure what camera I was using back then. A plain and simple Pentax I guess. But not only all that has changed though.
Even my food knowledge has expanded enormously!