Make this recipe really easy by using ready made cheese sauce or a packet cheese sauce mix
Why we love this
We love recipes that feel relaxed but thoughtful: good seafood, a simple method, and enough flavour to make the meal feel like a small occasion.
What you'll need
Gather everything first, then the cooking feels calmer.
- 4 White Fish fillets (any you like eg cod, haddock or pollock)
- 1 finely chopped onion
- 1 bag baby spinach leaves
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 1 pint milk
- Large handful of grated cheese
- salt & pepper to taste
- Heat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4-5
- Make cheese sauce by heating the butter and adding the flour. Let this cook for a few minutes. Gradually add the milk stirring all the time. Any lumps should disperse but don't worry if they don't as you can pass it through a sieve if all else fails!
- When the milk thickens add the grated cheese and some seasoning.
- Meanwhile boil a kettle of water, put the spinach in a colander and pour over the boiling water so that the leaves start to wilt. Rinse in cold water and squeeze any excess water out.
- Grease a shallow baking dish and add the fish fillets.
- Sprinkle the lemon juice over the fish
- Cover the fish with the spinach and then pour over the cheese sauce.
- Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes or until the fish flakes easily
Cook along
Take it step by step; seafood rewards a calm hand.
- 1
Heat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4-5
- 2
Make cheese sauce by heating the butter and adding the flour. Let this cook for a few minutes. Gradually add the milk stirring all the time. Any lumps should disperse but don't worry if they don't as you can pass it through a sieve if all else fails!
- 3
When the milk thickens add the grated cheese and some seasoning.
- 4
Meanwhile boil a kettle of water, put the spinach in a colander and pour over the boiling water so that the leaves start to wilt. Rinse in cold water and squeeze any excess water out.
- 5
Grease a shallow baking dish and add the fish fillets.
- 6
Sprinkle the lemon juice over the fish
- 7
Cover the fish with the spinach and then pour over the cheese sauce.
- 8
Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes or until the fish flakes easily
Make it Different
Try this recipe with haddock, cod, monkfish or pollock
Missing Ingredients?
If you don't have fresh spinach you can use frozen or tinned instead
Serve it with
Keep the sides simple: something fresh, something warm, and a little squeeze of lemon usually does the trick.
