Smoked Haddock Pasta Bake with Leek & Sweetcorn

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High protein Low sat fat Family classics

Smoked Haddock Pasta Bake with Leek & Sweetcorn

Prep time: 15 mins
Total time: 30 mins
Cuisine: Italian
Food group: Fish

This dish brings together the comfort of a pasta bake with the creaminess of a chowder. Line-caught smoked haddock, sweet leek, sweetcorn and leafy spinach are all simmered in a creamy almond sauce. Add brown rice penne pasta. Bake 'til golden perfection.

Cooking Instructions

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Before you start

  • Preheat the oven to 240C / fan 220C / gas mark 9
  • Line a baking tray with parchment paper
  • Bring a large saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
  • Boil a half-full kettle
  • Pull out a sieve, a measuring jug, a large frying pan & a large baking dish

Roast & prep

  • Place the haddock fillets onto the baking tray, drizzle with 1 tsp oil, salt and pepper. Roast for 17 mins, until cooked
  • Meanwhile, trim and thinly slice the leeks into 1/2cm half-moons. Finley chop or crush the garlic. Drain and rinse the sweetcorn. Roughly chop the parsley. Rinse the spinach
  • Dissolve the half pack of cornflour in the jug with 50ml water, then add the stock and top up with 200ml boiling water

Get the pasta on

  • Add the penne to the saucepan and boil for 7-8 mins, until cooked, then drain and toss with 1 tsp oil

Build the dish

  • Heat the large frying pan with 1 tbsp oil on medium heat. Once hot, add the leeks and cook for 3-4 mins, until softened
  • Add the garlic and smoked paprika and continue to cook for 1 minute
  • Pour the stock mixture and almond cream into the pan and simmer for 2 mins, until thickened slightly
  • Add the sweetcorn, spinach and half the parsley, mix and cook for 1-2 mins, until the spinach is wilted. Season with salt and pepper

Oven time

  • Check your fish is cooked through; it should be steaming hot, opaque and separate easily with a fork
  • Stir the drained pasta into the sauce, then gently flake in the cooked haddock
  • Transfer everything into the large baking dish. Bake for 7-8 mins, until golden

Plate up

  • Serve the pasta bake into bowls and garnish with the remaining parsley

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