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A few of you have asked for this recipe from southern France. Have a go, I'm sure you will enjoy this as a starter or as a larger portioned main course idea. The proportions in this recipe are for about four ramekins.
Enjoy
Russell
 
 
 This is what you will need.
 
Garlic
Salt and Black Pepper
Potatoes
Flaky white fish such as cod or hake
Olive oil
Toasted brown breadcrumbs
 
 Step1
 
 
Finely cut four cloves of garlic into slices add salt and pepper and about a table spoon of olive oil.
Thoroughly grind using a mortar and pestle until a paste is formed.
 
 
 Step 2
 
Peel and boil four medium sized potatoes.
Season well and mash to a mooth consistency adding butter and cream.
 
 Step 3
 
 
About an hour before starting this dish take a fillet of white fish and salt well on both sides.
When ready, wash salt off and cut into thin strips then pulverise just like you did with the garlic!
 
 Step 4
 
 
Add fish to potato puree and mash the fish into the mixture.
Add the garlic paste to the mixture.
Finish off in a food processor until fairly smooth (it should not be completely smooth.)
 
 
 Step 5
 
 
Add cream and whisk until the consistency of a sponge mix but a little thinner will be fine.
 
 
 
 
 Step 6
 
 Oil your ramekins well and spoon in the mixture leaving about 5mm from the top.
Take a slice of wholemeal or brown bread and toast it.
Let it cool then place in a grinder to make breadcrumbs (not too fine.)
Sprinkle the breadcrumbs on top of the filled ramekins and then add a slosh of olive oil on top of them too.
 
 
 Finally
 
 
Place the ramekins on a tray of water and put into a medium hot oven for about thirty minutes or until the tops are golden and slightly bubbling.
Serve with tomato salad and spread liberally on toasted triangles.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Let me know how you get on with this recipe by contacting me on info@djangosbistro.co.uk
 
Russell