Main Meals
Creamy haddock chowder with French toast
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Wine/Spirit Pairing
Woolworths Warwick Cape Lady Lightly Wooded Chardonnay 2015
Ingredients
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- 2 T butter
- 2 leeks, finely sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1½ cups cream
- fish stock 1 cup
- 300 g Woolworths smoked haddock fillet, cut into chunks
- 200 g Woolworths streaky wood-smoked bacon, chopped and fried
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- For the French toast:
- 3 free-range eggs
- 1 cup milk
- ¼ t ground nutmeg
- 4 thick slices white bread
- 2 T butter
- 1 T olive oil
Method
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- Gently melt the butter in a saucepan and fry the leeks until soft. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Pour in the cream and increase the heat until bubbling. Pour the mixture into a blender and blend until smooth.
- Return the mixture to the saucepan and add the fish stock. Add the haddock and gently poach for 10 minutes.
- To make the French toast, whisk the eggs, milk and nutmeg until well combined. Melt the butter and olive oil in a pan over a medium heat and soak the bread in the egg mixture. Cook the French toast on both sides until golden brown.
- Serve the soup with the crispy bacon and French toast.
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