Milk-poached smoked cod with bacon

A traditional winter meal of poached fish, potato and crispy bacon.

Recipe «Milk-poached smoked cod with bacon» presented in category Recipes / Fish, to prepare this dish you will need no more 20 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 300g chat potatoes, thinly sliced, 1 tbsp olive oil, 100g Backfatters German bacon, chopped, 1 onion, thinly sliced, 500g undyed smoked cod , 300ml full-cream milk, 300ml thickened cream, 1 bay leaf , 2 thyme sprigs.

Ingredients:

• 300g chat potatoes, thinly sliced 
• 1 tbsp olive oil 
• 100g Backfatters German bacon, chopped 
• 1 onion, thinly sliced 
• 500g undyed smoked cod 
• 300ml full-cream milk 
• 300ml thickened cream 
• 1 bay leaf 
• 2 thyme sprigs 

Instructions

1. Cook potato in a pan of boiling salted water for 8 minutes or until tender. Drain.
2. Heat oil in a deep frypan over medium heat. Add the bacon and cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes until crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towel.
3. Reduce heat to medium-low, add onion to pan and cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes until softened but not coloured. Add fish, milk, cream, bay leaf and thyme, then season. Cover surface with baking paper and poach for 6-8 minutes until the fish flakes easily with a fork. Add potato and cook for 5 minutes to warm through.
4. Using a slotted spoon, carefully remove fish and potato, and transfer to a platter. Strain poaching liquid, reserving bay leaf and thyme, then pour over fish and potato. Top with the bacon and reserved bay leaf and thyme to serve.