Good food is everywhere!
Yes, we all need to eat! Here, we love to cook and create new recipes or explore cuisines from different parts of the world by just following recipes that are out there. Please sit back and enjoy as we add on to our culinary creations!
The other day, we made a fish ragout here. It was a total hit with everyone!
Ingredients:
white fish (we used Hake and Basa)
shrimp
butter
flour
heavy cream
dijon mustard
salt
pepper
dill
water and white wine (Riesling)
First, we poached the fish and thawed the shrimp (yes, we were lazy and go the frozen, pre-cooked, peeled and de-veined ones).
While this was going on, we made a bechamel-type sauce -instead of using milk with the butter and flour, we used a mix of white wine (Riesling, but any other dry(er) wine will do) and water. Once the sauce had a nice texture and consistency, we added dijon mustard, dill, salt and pepper for taste and then added the poached fish and thawed shrimp to the mix!
Right before serving, we added some heavy cream for more texture and a nice creamy floor.
Initially, we planned on serving this ragout with just boiled potatoes, but the kids insisted on mashed potatoes (which of course, we like as well). Despite our initial skepticism of serving mashed potatoes with this ragout, it actually turned out very nice, especially in the end, when the mashed potatoes were “mixed in” with the sauce left on the plate!
Here is our creation (yes, we still need to work on our “presentation” photos here):
