Arbroath Skink
Source: www.food.com/recipe/arbroath-skink-357095
Ingredients
- 1 smoked haddock
- 2 onions
- 12 ounces potatoes
- 4 cloves
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 pints whole milk
- 2 ounces butter
- 3 fluid ounces double cream
- salt and pepper
Directions
- Put the milk in a pan, add the bayleaf, Cut one of the onions in half, and stud with two cloves in each half.
- Put these in the milk and simmer for 5 minutes to infuse the flavour.
- Add the Arbroath Smokie to the milk and continue to simmer for a further 5 or 6 minutes until the fish can easily be de-boned and flaked.
- Whilst this is happening, peel the potatoes and dice finely, Chop the remaining onion finely.
- Drain the milk through a sieve, discarding the onion and the bayleaf.
- Flake the fish, having discarded the skin, and make sure there are no bones left in it.
- In a large pan, fry the chopped onion in the butter until it is soft, but not coloured.
- Add the potatoes, and the reserved milk, and boil until the potatoes are cooked (approximately 10 minutes).
- When these are cooked, whisk with a stick blender, or put into a blender, but you can leave the ingredients 'rough' rather than smooth.
- Now add the flaked fish, stir in the double cream and add salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
- This can also be made with left over mashed potatoes if you have them, as they just serve to thicken the soup.