Hake with mushroom sauce (TM)

Hake with mushroom sauce (TM)

Servings:	Serves 4
Ready in:	25 minutes
Prep. time:	5 minutes
Cook time:	20 minutes
Difficulty:

A Thermomix recipe for hake, which I consider to be an under-used fish in the UK.

Ingredients

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• 100g shallots
• Garlic, to taste, peeled
• 50g extra virgin olive oil
• 150g button mushrooms
• 25g fino sherry or manzanilla
• 25g milk
• 75g single cream
• Salt and freshly ground pepper
• 4 hake fillets, weighing about 200g-250g each
• Tomatoes to garnish, chopped or cut in half if using cherry ones

Method

1. Add the shallots and garlic to the bowl and chop 6 seconds / Speed 5.
2. Scrape down the inside of the bowl using the spatula.
3. Add the oil and sauté for 10 minutes / Temp. Varoma / Speed 1 / MC Off.
4. Add the mushrooms 10 seconds / Speed 5 / MC On.
5. Scrape down the inside of the bowl using the spatula.
6. To prepare the Varoma basket for the fish by greasing with a little oil.
7. Place the fish in the Varoma.
8. Add the sherry, milk, cream, salt and pepper to the bowl.
9. Place the Varoma, with the fish, onto the lid 14 minutes / Temp. Varoma / Speed 1.
10. Place the fish onto a serving dish and pour the sauce over the top.
11. Garnish with the tomatoes.

Serving suggestions

Serve with potatoes and vegetables or salad.

Recipe source

• Translated and lightly adapted from a recipe on the Thermomix España website (You will need to register and sign in to see the original recipe).

Variations

You can you any firm fleshed white fish fillets.

Chef's notes

Some parts of the hake were quite thick and they came straight out of a cold fridge. This resulted in adding 5 minutes to the steaming time, in which case add a little extra milk to the sauce.