Let's diversify our meal with fish casserole
“The Tsar wants to eat!” Theophilus exclaimed, and invited the guests to the table. In the famous film, various dishes were served for dinner, among which there was a fish casserole. This exquisite dish was known not only by Russian chefs of antiquity. It has captured the hearts of people all over the world. Having tasted the food once, many amazing sensations that I wanted to repeat again and again. It is impossible to forget this unique delicate taste, when fish pieces melt into your mouth, into your mouth. Therefore, when you think of a delicious lunch, fish casserole comes to mind. What is the secret of a wonderful meal? The answer lies in the way of preparation and selection of products.
For a dietary meal, use lean white meat. Red fish makes the food satisfying and gives it a spicy look.
Royal dish with red fish
- 0.5 kg of salmon;
- 2 squash (preferably without seeds);
- 2 carrots;
- bulb;
- coconut (milk);
- ginger;
- fish broth;
- seasonings (curry, laurel, coriander);
- garlic (1 clove);
- salt.
Cooking tips:
- Fresh salmon fillets are boiled for 5 minutes in salted water with an onion and bay leaf.
- Carrots and zucchini are cut into strips or tinder on a coarse grater.
- Garlic passed through a press, finely chopped ginger and spices are put into the fish broth.
- When it boils, pour in coconut milk. Mix the mixture well with a wooden spoon. Give time to brew.
- At the bottom of a special form, lay out strips of zucchini and carrots.
- Vegetables are covered with sliced strips of salmon. Top the dish is poured with coconut broth with spices.
- The fish casserole is placed in an oven preheated to 200 ° C. After 20 minutes, the royal food is served on the table.
Salmon can be replaced with another type of sea fish, the main thing is to remove all bones from it. This can be done with your hands or with kitchen tweezers.
Appetizing gourmet dish
An excellent appetizer for the dinner table can please not only adults, but also picky children. A surprisingly simple recipe for fish casserole in the oven, many people use to diversify their diet. It is enough to take the following list of ingredients:
- salmon fillet;
- soft potatoes;
- large onion;
- milk (homemade);
- cream;
- butter;
- hard cheese ("Parmesan");
- chicken eggs;
- spinach;
- spice;
- salt.
Experienced chefs add a little mustard to the casserole. This helps to hide the specific smell of fish.
The instruction for cooking fish casserole consists of the following processes:
- Peel the potatoes with a sharp knife. They are washed in a spacious container, cut into equal pieces, put into a saucepan and boiled until cooked.
- When it is cooked, the liquid is drained. Add butter, salt and milk. Knead thoroughly to a soft puree consistency.
- Fry finely chopped onion in a frying pan in butter until a brown crust appears.
- Next, put spinach (you can even frozen, if any) and fry for 5 minutes.
- Fillets are cut into miniature cubes, salted, spices are added. After that, spread on the bottom of the portion form. The fish is topped with fried onions and spinach.
- For gravy, low-fat cream (about 100 g), mix with eggs.Put salt and pepper in the mixture and beat with a hand whisk.
- The fish filling is poured with creamy sauce. Mashed potatoes are spread over it. The dish is sent to the oven.
- Grated cheese is mixed with cream. 5 minutes before readiness, the food is removed from the oven, covered with cheese filling and sent back to the oven.
- When the fish casserole baked in the oven has cooled, it is served for dinner.
To make the dish look attractive, the top layer of mashed potatoes is smeared with a beaten raw egg.
Simple meal for students
If it is expensive for someone to cook salmon dishes, cooks suggest trying a budget minced fish casserole. To create it, you need the following components:
- potatoes;
- fish or minced meat;
- large onion;
- eggs;
- milk;
- tomato paste or fresh tomato;
- spice;
- salt.
An easy way to prepare a meal:
- First of all, they peel the potatoes, wash them well, put them on the fire and boil them.
- The onion is peeled and chopped into small pieces.
- Minced meat is prepared from hake, cod, pollock or mackerel. First, the entrails, fins, tail and all bones are carefully removed. The carcass is passed through a meat grinder to obtain a homogeneous mass.
- Chopped onions are mixed with minced meat, spices, salt, tomato paste or tomatoes are added and fried a little in a pan.
- Pieces of boiled potatoes are spread on a casserole dish. Then cover it with minced meat. The next layer is potatoes and minced meat again.
- Beat the eggs with a fork, add milk and mix with a blender. Then the sauce is pepper and salt. The resulting product is covered with the top layer of the food.
- The oven is heated to 180 ° C. Put a dish in it and bake for about 40 minutes. 10 minutes before complete readiness, the dish is covered with cheese, grated on a coarse grater. Served with fresh herbs.
The minced fish casserole in the oven will turn out more appetizing if you use the original baking dish (in the form of a heart or an animal).
A delicious meal made from yesterday's products
In our difficult time, when prices are inexorably going up, you want to spend money sparingly. Therefore, you should not throw away the food left over after dinner. Fish casserole with rice can become an exquisite dish from yesterday's products, if you turn on a little imagination.
Required set of ingredients:
- fish of marine origin (salmon, hake, pink salmon);
- boiled rice;
- butter;
- milk;
- flour (a few spoons for the sauce);
- cheese (you can "Parmesan");
- green pea (frozen or canned);
- dill and onion feathers;
- lemon for juice;
- salt and spices.
Cooking steps:
- First, prepare the béchamel sauce. In a small saucepan, melt a piece of butter and mix it with two tablespoons of flour. Next, pour in a thin stream of milk and cook until it thickens.
- Sea fish is cut into strips or cubes (in this form, when baked, it will not disintegrate). Mix with green peas, finely chopped onions and dill. Sprinkle with lemon juice on top, salt, pepper.
- Part of the béchamel sauce is poured into the bottom of the mold. Part of the boiled rice is put in it. Next is a layer of fish. Bechamel again. The process is repeated several times.
- Bake the food for 30 minutes in the oven. Serve cooled.
If you put a little grated cheese in the milk sauce, it will turn out with an excellent taste. Accordingly, the casserole will be much more appetizing.
Video recipe for making pollock fish casserole
Amazing multicooker food
Casserole has long become a favorite dish of ordinary citizens. Therefore, it is not surprising that more and more new recipes for this dish appear. Preparing a fish casserole in a slow cooker is very easy if you follow the guidance of experienced chefs.
First of all, the components are selected:
- fillet of white fish;
- potatoes;
- carrot;
- chicken egg;
- White bread;
- vegetable oil;
- spice;
- salt.
The step-by-step path to the goal consists of the following actions:
- Unpeeled potatoes and carrots are carefully washed under running water and cooked in a slow cooker for 20 minutes.
- Finished vegetables are thrown in a colander to cool. Then they are peeled and rubbed on a grater with a large base. The shavings are mixed and divided into two parts.
- White bread is cut into pieces. Soaked in milk.
- The fish is washed well, put on a kitchen board to dry. Grind with a blender until a homogeneous slurry is obtained.
- Bread is mixed with minced meat, salted and spices are added to taste.
- A ball of vegetables is laid out at the bottom of the multicooker. On it is a layer of fish mixed with bread. Top with potatoes and carrots. The top is greased with a beaten egg.
- Close the pan with a lid, set the program. Prepare the fish and potato casserole for 35 minutes. Lay out the food in layers, decorating with a fresh sprig of basil.
To emphasize the taste of fish, it is advisable to additionally season the casserole with nutmeg, rosemary and a mixture of peppers.