SMOKED HADDOCK AND POTATO HASH
Ingredients
- 600ml/1 pint semi-skimmed milk
- 1 onion halved
- 1 fresh bay leaf
- 225g/8oz undyed smoked haddock
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 spring onions
- finely sliced
- 1 sprig thyme
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 225g/8oz unpeeled new potatoes
- diced
- 25g1oz parmesan cheese
- grated
- 2 tbsp low-fat Greek yoghurt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 2 soft poached eggs
- vinegar
- iced water
Directions
- Heat the milk in a saucepan with the onion and bay leaf. Remove from the heat and allow to infuse for 15 minutes. Return to the heat.
- When simmering
- add the fish and cook for eight minutes. Remove the fish and set aside
- then strain the cooking fluid.
- Cook the garlic
- spring onions and thyme in the olive oil for five minutes
- then add the potatoes and cooking milk and cook until the potatoes are tender
- this should take about 12 minutes.
- Flake the smoked haddock
- discarding any skin or bones and fold into the potato mix. Fold in the parmesan and yoghurt
- then season with black pepper to taste.
- Fill a deep pan with water and bring to the boil
- the water should be at least 12cm/4½n deep.
- Add 1½ tablespoons vinegar for every litre of water.
- Crack each egg into a coffee cup and slide the egg into the water at the exact point where it has a rolling boil.
- After 2-3 minutes of cooking lift the eggs with a slotted spoon and lower them into the iced water.
- Warm through the poached egg and place one on each warm plate.
- Top with the smoked haddock hash.

