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Hello food fans this is the viking telling you that today we are talking about

Fish in parsley sauce

Ingredients

• 375g/13oz unsalted butter
• 375g/13oz plain flour
• 3 litres/5¼ pints whole milk
• large bunch fresh curly parsley, finely chopped
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 6kg/13lb cod fillets, skin on

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
2. The make the parsley sauce, melt the butter in a large saucepan. Add the flour, cook for 2-3 minutes then slowly add the milk to the pan, whisking continually, until you have a thick white sauce.
3. Add the parsley and cook for a further five minutes. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
4. Meanwhile, place the fish on large baking trays lined with greaseproof paper. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and put in the oven for 7-10 minutes or until the fish is cooked through. (You may have to do this in batches.)
5. to serve, place the fish on the plate and pour over the parsley sauce.

I hope you liked this post and as always have a chilled day from the viking.