Smoked haddock, leeks and pearl barley

Smoked haddock, leeks and pearl barley

We’ve used a classic poaching technique to produce a lovely melt in the mouth haddock recipe. Serve with pearl barley or ready-cooked spelt.

Smoked haddock, leeks and pearl barley

  • Serves icon Serves 4
  • Time icon Hands-on time 25 min, simmering time 25 min

We’ve used a classic poaching technique to produce a lovely melt in the mouth haddock recipe. Serve with pearl barley or ready-cooked spelt.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
468kcals
Fat
13g fat (7.3g saturated)
Protein
34.6g protein
Carbohydrates
54g carbs (3.8g sugars)
Fibre
2.5g fibre
Salt
3g salt

Ingredients

  • 250g pearl barley
  • 750ml whole milk
  • 600g smoked haddock fillets
  • 3 leeks
  • Knob of butter
  • Handful fresh parsley
  • 1 lemon
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Method

  1. Cook the pearl barley according to the pack instructions (or see tip). Meanwhile, heat the milk in a large lidded sauté pan and, when steaming, add the smoked haddock fillets, skin-side down. Cover the pan with a lid, turn off the heat and set aside to poach for 8-10 minutes.
  2. Slice the leeks into rings, heat the butter in another large frying pan over a medium heat and cook the leeks with some salt and pepper for 5-6 minutes until soft and golden. When the pearl barley is cooked, drain and stir into the leeks with a few tablespoons of the poaching milk.
  3. Remove the haddock from the milk, pull off the skin and flake into large chunks. Gently stir it through the pearl barley and leeks, then roughly chop and scatter over the fresh parsley, squeeze over the juice from the lemon and serve with a grinding of black pepper.

Nutrition

Calories
468kcals
Fat
13g fat (7.3g saturated)
Protein
34.6g protein
Carbohydrates
54g carbs (3.8g sugars)
Fibre
2.5g fibre
Salt
3g salt

delicious. tips

  1. Use a pouch of ready-cooked spelt instead of pearl barley. Heat, then stir into the leeks in step 2.

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