Plokkfiskur – Icelandic Fish Casserole

Happy New Year! I hope you’ve had a wonderful holiday season, and that 2022 will finally be a bit easier on the world after the last couple of years we’ve had. 

But to get to food, I wanted to start off the new year with this recipe for Plokkfiskur! There is a similar recipe for this in Norway as well, initially it was a way to use up leftover fish, but it’s a delicious dish to make on it’s own. 

Yield: 4 servings

Plokkfiskur - Icelandic Fish Casserole

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Ingredients

• 700 grams / 1.5 lbs fish.
• 500 grams / 1 lbs potatoes.
• 100 grams / 3.5 oz butter.
• 2 onions, chopped.
• 1.5 dl / 5 oz all purpose flour.
• 2 dl / 7 oz milk or cream.
• 2 dl / 7 oz fish broth.
• Salt and white pepper.

Instructions

1. Boil the fish in a little water, and put it on a sieve (Remember not to discard the fish broth).
2. Boil potatoes until fork tender.
3. Melt butter in a saucepan and let the onion soften for a few minutes. Stir in the flour, and then stir in the fish broth and milk/cream to a smooth sauce.
4. Roughly mash the fish and cut the potatoes into cubes, and add to the sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste.
   
   Serve with rye bread.

Notes

Recipe and image source: Alberteldar.com.

If you try this recipe, I would love to hear what you think!