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🇫🇷 French

White Fish Bourguignonne

🇫🇷 French

A slow-simmered french pot of white fish, root vegetables and rich broth — dinner that tastes like a warm kitchen on a cold day. Ready in 87 minutes including prep.

Prep 25 min Cook 62 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

  • Butter2 tbsp
  • Saltto taste
  • Onion2, chopped
  • Garlic4 cloves, minced
  • Potato3 medium, cubed
  • Bacon100 g
  • Black Peppercorns1 tsp
  • Mushrooms200 g
  • Carrot2, thickly sliced
  • Stock or Broth750 ml
  • Red Wine500 ml
  • White Fish500 g

Optional extras

  • Tarragonhandful, to finish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Warm the Butter in a heavy casserole and brown the white fish well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.

  2. 2

    Lift the white fish out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the black peppercorns.

  3. 3

    Return the white fish, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.

  4. 4

    Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.

  5. 5

    Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with tarragon right before serving.

Chef's tip

Let the dish rest 5 minutes off the heat before serving so the flavours settle.

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