Pollock With Parsley Sauce Crisp Bacon Recipes

POLLOCK WITH PARSLEY SAUCE & CRISP BACON

Steps:

• To make the sauce, pour the milk into a medium pan and add the onion and bay leaf. Bring to a gentle simmer on the hob and cook for 5 mins. Turn off the heat, then leave to stand for 30 mins. When cool, remove the onion and bay leaf.
• To prepare the fish, toss the flour, a pinch of salt and a couple of twists of black pepper in a large bowl. Add the fish, skin-side down, to coat the skin lightly in the flour. Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat. Add the fish, skin-side down, and the bacon. Cook the fish for 5-6 mins or until the skin is crisp and it is almost completely opaque - there should be a couple of fingers' width of uncooked fish running down the centre. Cook the bacon until it is really crisp, turning once, then remove and drain on kitchen paper.
• Meanwhile, finish making the parsley sauce. Melt the butter in a small pan and stir in the flour. Cook for 30 secs. Slowly add the milk to the pan, stirring. Simmer gently for 5 mins, stirring continuously. Season with a good grating of nutmeg, salt and pepper. Keep warm over a low heat, stirring occasionally.
• Flip the pollock over, reduce the heat slightly and cook on the other side for a further min or so until just cooked. Increase the heat under the sauce until it begins to bubble. Stir in the parsley and add a little extra milk if the sauce seems too thick. Season a little more if you like.
• Place the fish on 2 warmed plates. Spoon over the sauce and place the bacon on top. Serve.

CRISPY POTATOES WITH BACON, GARLIC, AND PARSLEY

Steps:

• Put the potatoes and salt in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil over high heat and simmer for 1 minute, then drain. Pat dry.
• Meanwhile, put the bacon in a well-seasoned cast iron skillet or a saute pan over medium-low heat, and cook until nearly all the fat has rendered and the bacon is crispy, aromatic, and browned, about 5 minutes. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon and set aside on a paper towel lined plate.
• Add the 1 to 2 tablespoons of butter or oil to the remaining bacon fat. Increase the heat to medium. Add the potatoes, positioning them in the pan so the cut sides get nice and brown. Cook turning only as needed until the potatoes are golden brown, about 15 minutes. Stir in the parsley, garlic, and bacon and stir until fragrant and lightly browned. Season with 1 teaspoon of salt and pepper. Serve.

BOILED BACON WITH PARSLEY SAUCE (FRESH HAM)

Steps:

• Place the ham in a large pot or Dutch oven and cover with cold water; bring to a boil over medium high heat.
• Remove ham and drain water (you are trying to remover salt).
• Return ham to pot along with onions, carrots, celery, bay leaf and peppercorns; cover with cold water and bring to a boil over medium high heat.
• Skim surface with a slotted spoon, cover, reduce heat, and cook 1 hour and 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the parsley sauce by whisking the butter, flour, and milk in a saucepan, over medium heat, until thickened and smooth, about 1 to 2 minutes; season with salt and pepper and add parsley.
• Once the meat is done, remove the rind (skin) and excess fat; slice.
• Serve the sliced meat with the parsley sauce.

BAKED POLLOCK

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray it with cooking spray.
• Season fish fillets with herbs, salt, and pepper. Place on the prepared baking sheet.
• Mix sour cream, Parmesan cheese, and melted butter together in a small bowl. Apply sour cream mixture to each fillet.
• Bake in preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, 15 to 25 minutes.

CRISPY POTATOES WITH BACON, GARLIC AND PARSLEY

Steps:

• Put the potatoes and salt in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water.
• Bring to a boil over high heat and simmer for 1 minute, then drain and pat dry.
• In skillet, saute bacon over medium heat and cook until crispy.
• Remove bacon with a slotted spoon and set aside on paper towels.
• Add butter to bacon fat and increase heat to medium.
• Add potatoes to pan so that the cut sides get nice and brown.
• Cook, turning only as needed until the potatoes are golden brown, about 25 minutes.
• Stir in parsley, garlic and bacon and stir until lightly browned.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.

ROASTED POTATOES WITH BACON, CHEESE, AND PARSLEY

Steps:

• Place an oven rack in the bottom third of the oven and preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Place potatoes in a large pot and cover with cold water and salt. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium and simmer until potatoes are just tender when pierced with a fork, about 12 minutes. Drain.
• Return potatoes to the pot; cover with a lid and shake pot vigorously, about 1 minute. Uncover and cool potatoes until easily handled, about 10 minutes. Peel potatoes and cut them crosswise into chunks.
• Place bacon in a skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until most of the fat has melted and bacon is tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels, reserving bacon fat in the skillet.
• Brush the bottom of a shallow 10x15-inch baking pan with half of the bacon fat and olive oil. Sprinkle salt and pepper over potatoes and arrange in the baking pan.
• Roast potatoes in the preheated oven until golden brown on the bottom, about 30 minutes. Remove potatoes from oven and reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Turn potatoes over in baking pan. Top with bacon pieces, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, and garlic. Drizzle remaining bacon fat on top.
• Return to the preheated oven and continue roasting until Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese is melted, about 15 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

PARSLEY SAUCE

Steps:

• Put the butter, flour and milk in a saucepan.
• Heat, whisking continuously, until the sauce thickens, boils and is smooth.
• Simmer for 1-2 minutes.
• Season to taste and add the parsley.

PARSLEY SAUCE

Steps:

• Place milk, parsley stems, carrot, and onion in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer and season with salt and pepper; let simmer for 4 to 5 minutes.
• Remove saucepan from heat and strain; discard solids. Return milk to saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Whisk in roux until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon; season with salt and pepper. Add chopped parsley and reduce heat to very low; simmer for 4 to 5 minutes.

IRISH PARSLEY SAUCE

Steps:

• Gently melt the butter in a saucepan (non-stick is easier). Don't let it sizzle.
• Add the flour, salt, and white pepper (black pepper at a push, but you'll be able to see black specks in the sauce).
• Stir, over gentle heat, with a wooden spoon for a few minutes to let the flour cook and to amalgamate everything. If you don't cook it long enough at this stage, the sauce will taste floury.
• Add a little milk to the flour and butter mix (you have now made a roux) and stir again. When it is amalgamated, add a little more milk and mix again. Add more milk, little by little, until you have a thickish creamy sauce. Cook the sauce for 5 minutes over gentle heat, stirring to stop it sticking. If you get lumps, press them with the wooden spoon against the side of the pan to mash them. If you need to, use a whisk, but be careful not to scratch a non-stick pan. Taste and adjust for seasoning.
• For a richer sauce, add a little hot sauce to a raw egg yolk in a cup, mix well, then reintroduce into the main sauce.
• Add the parsley, stir and serve immediately.