TEA-SMOKED HADDOCK WITH HERB GNOCCHI
Ingredients
- 2 tea bags
- split
- tea removed
- bags discarded
- 55g/2oz soft brown sugar
- 55g/2oz long grain rice
- 300g/11oz undyed haddock
- 75g/3oz butter
- 75ml/3fl oz water
- 110g/4oz plain flour
- 55g/2oz runner beans
- blanched and very finely chopped
- 2 free-range eggs
- 1 tbsp roughly chopped
- fresh basil
- 1 tbsp roughly chopped
- fresh parsley
- 1 tbsp chopped
- fresh chives
- 150ml/6fl oz fish stock
- 75ml/3fl oz double cream
- 55g/2oz green beans
- blanched and chopped
- 1 tomato
- finely chopped
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- For the haddock
- mix together the tea
- sugar and rice in a bowl.
- Line a large
- wide
- deep saucepan with foil and add the rice mixture.
- Place another sheet of foil over the tea mixture and place the fish on top. Put a lid on the saucepan. Place on a high heat and cook for ten minutes
- until cooked through. NB: Tea-smoking gnerates a lot of smoke. Be sure that you open the windows and get as much ventilation as you can.
- For the gnocchi
- place the butter and water into a saucepan and bring to the boil
- then add the flour
- beating with a wooden spoon until smooth
- then remove from the heat.
- Transfer the gnocchi mixture to a clean bowl and add the eggs
- herbs and beans
- stiring throughly to combine.
- Spoon the gnocchi mixture into a piping bag and pipe out onto a clean
- floured surface into a long sausage. Then cut into 5cm/2in pieces..
- Fill a saucepan with boiling water and add some salt. Once the water is boiling add the gnocchi and cook for five minutes
- or until it is floating on the surface
- then remove with a slotted spoon
- and drain on kitchen paper.
- Meanwhile
- for the sauce
- mix the stock and cream together in a saucepan and simmer till the liquid has reduced by half. Add the chopped beans and diced tomato to the sauce
- to taste
- and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- To serve
- stir the gnocchi into the sauce and pour onto a serving plate. Carefully remove the haddock and place on top.

