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Dairy Council

Young Cook Finalist Recipes

Cider glazed Lough Neagh pollan with potato gratin and vegetable parcels

Chef
Hannah McCann
School
Sacred Heart Grammar School, Newry
Teacher
Mrs McElhinney Key Stage 4

Ingredients

Cider Glazed Lough Neagh pollan:

4 pollan fillets, pin boned (ask fishmonger)

100ml dry cider

4 tbsp cider vinegar

2 tbsp honey

2 tbsp Demerara sugar

1 tbsp gold rapeseed oil

Salt (to season)

Potato Gratin:

800g potatoes, thinly sliced

6/8 scallions (green onions), finely chopped

40g Northern Ireland butter

½ onion, finely chopped

250ml vegetable stock

40g plain flour

250ml Northern Ireland semi–skimmed milk

Nutmeg, grated

Parsley, chopped (to garnish)

Stuffed vegetable parcels:

1 leek, chopped

750g carrots, chopped

4 cloves of garlic, crushed

25g toasted almond, chopped (plus extra to serve)

A few sprigs of fresh dill

50g Northern Ireland goats’ cheese

2 tbsp olive oil (plus extra to drizzle)

1 tsp cumin seeds

8 large savoy cabbage leaves

Chef
Hannah McCann
School
Sacred Heart Grammar School, Newry
Teacher
Mrs McElhinney Key Stage 4

Method

To make the cider glazed Lough Neagh pollan:

Place the dry cider, cider vinegar, honey and Demerara sugar in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Continue to boil until the mixture has reduced by half.

Heat the oil in a large frying pan until hot. Place the fillets skin side down and hold with a fish slice. Cook for 1 minute, then season with salt and flip over. Cook for two minutes on this side then add the glaze. Cook until most of the liquid has evaporated and has coated the fish.

To make the potato gratin:

Pre–heat oven to 180ºC. Grease ramekin dishes with butter.

Put potatoes on to boil.

Fry the onions in oil. Add the flour and then gradually add the hot stock stirring until smooth. Stir in the milk and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the scallions and then season with salt and nutmeg.

Arrange the potato slices into ramekin dishes with alternate layers of the sauce. To make the stuffed vegetable parcels:

Preheat oven to 180ºC.

Blanch cabbage leaves in boiling water for 3 minutes until softened. Drain, pat dry and set to the side. In a separate pan, sauté the carrots and leeks in oil over a low–medium heat for a few minutes.

Add the garlic, cumin seeds and a splash of water to the carrots and leeks, season, then cover and gently cook until the vegetables are soft (approx 5 minutes). Stir often, adding water if needed.

Fold the dill, feta and most of the almonds into the vegetables. Put 3 tablespoons into the centre of each cabbage leaf.

Roll up and place, seam–side down, in a baking dish. Drizzle some oil on the top and place in the oven for 15 minutes.

Remove cabbage leaves from oven and place on a warm plate. Sprinkle with remaining almonds and serve.

To serve dish:

Layer the pollen over the cabbage leaves with a spoonful of the remaining glaze. Place potato gratin at side of the plate sprinkle over some chopped parsley.