BAKED HADDOCK WITH CRUSHED PEAS AND CHIVE BUTTER SAUCE
BAKED HADDOCK WITH CRUSHED PEAS AND CHIVE BUTTER SAUCE
BAKED HADDOCK WITH CRUSHED PEAS AND CHIVE BUTTER SAUCE

Ingredients
  • 150g/5½oz undyed smoked haddock
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 200ml/7fl oz hot chicken stock
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 150g/5½oz peas
  • 50ml/2fl oz double cream
  • 50g/2oz butter
  • 50ml/2fl oz double cream
  • ½ lemon
  • juice only
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tbsp chives
  • chopped
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • chervil
  • to garnish
Directions
  • Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
  • Place the haddock on a baking tray and drizzle with the oil. Bake in the oven for 4 minutes or until cooked through.
  • For the peas
  • boil the chicken stock with the garlic clove for 5 minutes
  • then add the peas to cook through.
  • Add the cream. Using a mini hand-blender
  • purée the stock and cream and set aside.
  • For the sauce
  • melt the butter in a pan
  • then add the cream
  • lemon juice and mustard. Simmer over a medium heat until reduced by half.
  • Stir through the chives and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  • To serve
  • place the haddock on a plate with the peas to one side. Drizzle the sauce on the fish and garnish with the chervil.