Cod, smoked salmon and prawns in their shell

You may have noticed that I have posted far more sweet recipes than savoury ones. This is obviously because I’m such a sweet tooth but occasionally, I feel like bringing back some balance with a simple and tasty savoury dish. Today is such an occasion as I couldn’t resist to share with you this fab’ recipe I found in Maiwenn’s blog. When I saw it, I was brought back to my childhood when my mum used to make beautiful fish gratins cooked in lovely scallops shells. The look of the dish by itself brings you to the seaside, and it tastes just as heavenly.

Source: La main á la pâte

Serves 6 to 8 as a starter or 4 as a main.

Ingredients

500g cod (or any other white fish you have on hands)
400g frozen prawns
250g smoked slamon
1 onion
1 tbsp oil
50g butter
50g flour
500g milk
50g hard cheese such as Cheddar
1 slice of bread
Parsley

Method

1. Tear the bread into 4 pieces, put in the Thermomix bowl and turn the dial on locked position and press the turbo button, 1 sec at a time until it turns into breadcrumbs. Set aside.
2. Cut the cheese into 2 or 3 cm chunks, , put in the Thermomix bowl and mix 5 to 10 sec/speed 6 until the cheese is finely chopped. Set aside with  the breadcrumbs.
3. Preheat the oven at 200C.
4. Cut the fish in 2 or 3 cm chunks and put in the Thermomix bowl. Mix  1 sec/speed 6. Set aside.
5. Cut the smoked salmon into 2 or 3 cm chunks and put in the Thermomix bowl. Mix 1 sec/speed 6 and set aside also.
6. Peel and quarter the onion and chop 3 sec/speed 5.
7. Add the oil and sauté 3min/Varoma/speed 1.
8. Add the butter, flour and milk, salt and pepper and cook for 7 min/90C/speed 4 to make a bechamel sauce.
9. Add the fish, smoked salmon, and chopped parsley and mix in for 30 sec/reverse direction/speed 1.
10. Place a few prawns in each scallop shell (or into ramequins). Pour in a few tablespoons of the fish sauce and sprinkle with the chopped cheese and breadcrumbs.
11. Bake for about 10 minutes in the oven until golden and bubbly.

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