| Baked Cod and Egg |
| ingredients: |
4
cod fillets
2 ounces (60g or ½ stick)
butter
2 ounces (50g or ½ cup)
flour
1¼ pints (720ml or 3 cups)
3 hard boiled eggs, finely chopped
1 tablespoon butter
Butter for coating the baking
dish
Pinch of nutmeg
Salt and pepper to taste |
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| method: |
Butter an oven-proof dish and
arrange the cod fillets.
Melt the butter in a pan, add
the flour slowly and stir over
a low heat. Add the milk gradually,
whisking continuously until
it is smooth and creamy. Continue
heating over a low heat for
2/3 minutes. Then mix in the
eggs, the extra tablespoon of
butter, nutmeg and salt and
pepper. Stir well over a low
heat.
Pour the egg sauce over the
cod fillets and bake for 20
minutes in a pre-heated oven
at 375F/190C/Gas Mark 5.
Serve with mashed/creamed potato.
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| Egg
sauce and cod blend together very well.
They have been used in a number of traditional
Scottish dishes. This one is simple
to prepare. |
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