Recipe for a creamy fish casserole with chervil

Level: Easy
Total time: 50min

This creamy fish casserole with chervil is a real gourmet meal. I like to mix salmon and cod but you can use whatever fish you have available. It is a very convenient dish to serve when you have guests as everything can be prepared in advance except for adding the fish and preparing the side dish. Just heat up the casserole, add the fish and let it simmer for 1-2 minutes before to serve it with rice, potatoes or fresh bread.

TIPS TO SUCCEED

1: If you want a thicker sauce, you can mix a little bit of maïsenna with water and pour it in slowly while steering. Let simmer a couple of minutes before to add the fish.

2: Taste your vegetables while cooking, you want them to be cooked but still a little bit al dente. If you prepare the dish up front, then stop cooking a little bit before you wanted texture.

3: Make sure you add the fish shortly before to serve. It cooks very quickly and will fall apart if it cooks too long.

Let’s get started

Ingredients

• 600 g Salmon and/or cod or other fish
• 400 ml Cream
• 500 ml Fish bouillon
• 4 pcs Garlic cloves
• 2 pcs Shallot onions
• 2 pcs Fennel
• 2 pcs Carrot
• 10 g Fresh Chervil
• 1 pcs Leek
• 4 tbsp Butter
• Salt and Pepper

How to do it

Cut the fish in pieces. Finely chop the garlic and shallot onions and cut the Fennel in small cubes (remove the hard part in the middle). Peel and cut the carrots in small cubes and cut the leek in 4 lengthwise and then cut it finely. Finely chop the chervil.

Heat the butter in a casserole on a medium/low heat and cook the shallot and garlic for around 5 minutes.

Turn the heat up to middle/high and add the fennel, carrots and leek and keep cooking for another 7-8 minutes. Add Salt and Pepper.

Pour in the Fish bouillon and the cream and let it cook for 10-15 minutes. Check the firmness in your vegetables regularly in order to adjust the cooking time. Add more salt and pepper if needed.

Add the fish just before to serve as it only needs a couple of minutes to cook

How to serve the creamy fish casserole with chervil

Serve the casserole with the chervil drizzled on top and with rice, potatos or fresh bread as a side.