What is the most popular fish for chefs? In fact, there are no exact statistics, because in each country different types of fish are relevant. For example, in Norway, herring is constantly consumed, and in Japan they prefer tuna or salmon. In our country, not particularly expensive fish such as pollock is in demand.
This type of fish contains a lot of iodine, which is important for people who live far from the sea. In addition to iodine, pollock is full of other useful properties.
How can you deliciously cook pollock with cream-cheese filling?
Ingredients for pollock in cream-cheese bay:
- Pollock – 3 pcs;
- Tomatoes – 4 pcs;
- Milk – 250 ml;
- Egg – 2 pcs;
- Onion – 2 pieces;
- Hard cheese – 150 g;
- Salt – ½ tsp;
- Ground black pepper – a pinch;
- Laurel leaf – pcs.
Cooking pollock in cheese and cream filling:
Clean pollock from the insides, fins and head. Divide the fish into portioned pieces, salt and pepper and mix.
While the pollock
is marinating
, cut onions and tomatoes into rings. Grease the bottom of the baking mold with vegetable oil, overlap the onion rings on the surface, put a
bay leaf to the onion rings, lay the fish pieces on this pillow
.
For the filling, beat eggs and milk in a deep bowl until homogeneous
.
Fill the layers of onion, fish and tomato with the mixture. Grate cheese on a coarse grater, form a cheese cap on the surface.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, bake the fish in the filling for 40-45 minutes.
Additionally, you can chop dill and parsley, sprinkle the dish with greens. To make the taste of greens more revealed, it is worth removing the fish additionally in the oven for a couple of minutes.
