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Smoked Haddock Scotch Egg

Smoked Haddock Scotch Egg
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Recipe by

The Fish Hotel

Distinctive, addictive and unlike anywhere else in the Cotswolds, Hook takes dining at the Fish into new and uncharted waters. The vision of Farncombe Estate's culinary director Martin Burge, the restaurant is a laid back but luxurious celebration of seafood that combines the sophistication and refinement of Martin’s head-turning gastronomy with the warm and welcoming rusticity that has made the Fish a firm favourite of Cotswolds visitors and residents.






 

Chef

Martin Burge

Website

https://www.farncombeestate.co.uk/

Ingredients

180g hake fillet

180g raw smoked haddock 

180g cooked flaked smoked haddock

3g dill

Lemon zest

Salt

White pepper

Method

Cornish smoked haddock and hake are combined with egg in an interesting and delicious twist on the traditional scotch egg.

Method:

  1. Cover 180g smoked haddock with cold milk, bring to boil. Then take off heat and leave to cool
  2. Once cool, remove skin and gently flake
  3. Take the remaining 180g smoked haddock and hake, remove skin, and chop into chunks
  4. Mix all together
  5. Separate into 4 portions
  6. Boil 4 eggs for 5 minutes
  7. Refresh under cold water and peel
  8. Wrap the fish mixture around the boiled eggs
  9. Refrigerate for 30 mins
  10. Roll in flour, egg and breadcrumbs
  11. Deep fry for 3 minutes – finish off for 3 minutes in the oven

 

 

Haddock

Demersal Trawl

Cornish waters VIIe, f, g and h

Demersal trawls are large nets that are pulled through the water with the bottom edge of the net touching the seabed. At each edge the net is pulled open by metal ‘trawl doors’. Sometimes referred to as Otter trawling.

Beam Trawling

Cornish waters VIIe, f, g and h

Beam trawls are nets with a steel beam that holds the net open. The belly of the net is made of chains and the upper surface of the net is mesh. Beam trawlers pull two nets along the seabed simultaneously.

Gill Netting

Cornish waters VIIe, f, g and h

Gill nets are lightweight nets made of nylon (monofilament) fishing line that are anchored to the seabed and are used to catch fish by entangling the gills.

Hake

Demersal Trawl

Cornish vessels landing to Cornish ports

Demersal trawls are large nets that are pulled through the water with the bottom edge of the net touching the seabed. At each edge the net is pulled open by metal ‘trawl doors’. Sometimes referred to as Otter trawling.

Gill Netting

Cornish Waters

MSC certified fishery. Gill nets are lightweight nets made of nylon (monofilament) fishing line that are anchored to the seabed and are used to catch fish by entangling the gills.

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