Fish Florentine

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 800 g frozen spinach or 1 -1 1/4 kg fresh spinach
• 4 fish fillets (a firm fish sole, bass, cod etc.)
• 1 cup mushroom, sliced thinly
• 1 small brown onion, chopped finely
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 1 pinch cayenne
• 2 teaspoons cornflour
• 1/2 cup gruyere, grated
• 3 tablespoons parmesan cheese
• 2 -3 tablespoons parmesan cheese (extra to sprinkle over the top.)
• 3/4 cup dry wine
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped finely
• 1 teaspoon dried tarragon
• 500 g baby new potatoes
• 8 garlic cloves
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 20 g fresh mint, chopped finely

Recipe

• 1 you will want get the potatoes on first as these take the longest.
• 2 potatoes.
• 3 in a medium bowl mix potatoes with oil and season with salt and pepper. place in roasting pan with garlic cloves and cook in 200c oven for 30-40 minutes.
• 4 serve potatoes and garlic on the side and sprinkle with mint.
• 5 for the fish.
• 6 in a saucepan bring some water to a boil and add spinach, for fresh cook until just wilted, for frozen cook until thawed, drain, let it cool and then squeeze excess liquid out.
• 7 in a pan combine oil and butter and heat, add onions and cook until soft, add mushrooms and garlic, cook until mushrooms are slightly browned and soft set to one side.
• 8 for the sauce.
• 9 heat milk in a pan, add cayenne, nutmeg and paprika. when milk is almost boiling mix a little water with cornflour and pour into milk, stirring until mixture thickens.
• 10 add the cheeses, reserving the few tablespoons of parmesan for the top, stir until melted.
• 11 poaching fish.
• 12 in a large pan mix wine with herbs, add fish and poach for about 8 minutes until fish flakes but is not falling apart.
• 13 assembly.
• 14 mix mushroom and onion mixture into spinach, spoon into the bottom of a casserole dish covering the bottom.
• 15 lay fish fillets on top of the spinach, pour the sauce over fillets, sprinkle with remaining parmesan cheese.
• 16 grill until browned on top and bubbling.
• 17 while i am grilling fish i put my potatoes over low heat on stove top to keep warm.