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Dairy Council

Young Cook Finalist Recipes

Fisherman’s catch pie with multi–seed wheaten bread

Servings
Serves 4
Chef
Olivia Weir
School
Collegiate Grammar School, Enniskillen
Teacher
Mrs S McKittrick Key Stage 3

Ingredients

100g peas

150g broccoli, cut into small florets

200g cod fillet

200g smoked cod fillet

550g salmon fillet

50g cooked peeled prawns

½ small onion

425ml Northern Ireland whole milk

1 bay leaf

200g Northern Ireland back bacon

75g Northern Ireland butter

40g plain flour

2tbsp fresh parsley, chopped

4tbsp Northern Ireland crème fraîche

300g pasta

50g Northern Ireland cheddar cheese, grated

50g red Leicester cheese, grated

Freshly ground black pepper

Multi–seed wheaten bread:

Rapeseed or sunflower oil

225g coarse wholemeal flour

250g plain flour, plus extra for dusting

1tsp bicarbonate of soda

1tsp salt

50g wheat bran

50g mixed seeds such as linseed, sunflower, sesame & poppy seeds

25g Northern Ireland butter

1tbsp golden syrup

1tbsp demerara sugar

500ml Northern Ireland buttermilk

Servings
Serves 4
Chef
Olivia Weir
School
Collegiate Grammar School, Enniskillen
Teacher
Mrs S McKittrick Key Stage 3

Method

Pre–heat the oven to 190ºC / Fan 170ºC / Gas mark 5.

Cook the potatoes in gently boiling water for 20 minutes, until tender. Boil the broccoli for 5 minutes and the peas for 3 minutes, then rinse with cold water and set aside.

Put the fish, milk, bay leaf and onion in a large pan then partially cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove the fish then skin and bone it, divide into chunks and scatter into four individual oven proof dishes along with the broccoli and peas.

Remove the bay leaf and onion from the pan and using a measuring jug, measure out 425ml of the poaching milk. Set aside and discard the excess milk in the pan.

Melt 50g butter in a pan then remove from the heat and add the flour and milk whisking all the time. Simmer for 2 minutes whisking all the time. Add chopped parsley, season with black pepper and pour all over the fish mix.

By this time the potatoes should be cooked through. Drain and mash the potatoes. Beat in butter and crème fraîche. Stir in most of the grated cheeses. Spoon on top of the fish mixture ensuring that the fish is covered completely.

Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top and bake for 30 to 35 minutes until golden brown.

10. For the wheaten bread, pre–heat the oven to 180ºC / Fan 150ºC / Gas mark 4. Lightly oil a 900g loaf tin.

Sift the flours, bicarbonate of soda and salt in a large bowl. Tip the bran left in the sieve into the bowl and all but 1 tbsp of the seeds.

Rub the butter in with your finger tips until evenly dispersed. Make a well. In the centre of the dry ingredients and add golden syrup, demerara sugar and the buttermilk. Using a large spoon, mix gently and quickly until you have achieved a fairly wet dropping consistency. Place the mix in the to the prepared loaf tin spreading it evenly and smoothing the top with the back of a spoon. Sprinkle over the reserved sesame seeds.

Bake for one and half hours until well risen and cracked on the top, and a so that a skewer comes out clean when inserted in the centre. Allow to cool in the tin for about 5 minutes then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.