Eggplant Sable Fish Gratin with Miso Sauce

Ingredients (Serves 4)

*4 sablefish fillets*6 eggplants*3 Japanese leeks*100g cheese*1 1/2 cups milk*1 1/2 cups fresh cream*4 tbsp miso*2 tbsp mirin sweet cooking sake*olive oil*3 tbsp butter*6 tbsp plain flour*1 1/2 tbsp sugar*salt & pepper

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1. Melt the butter in a frying pan. Add the plain flour and continue stirring.
Make sure it doesn't burn. Add the milk to the pan, gradually, mixing it together.
Bring this to a slow boil and then add the fresh cream.
Add the miso and mix it well. Add the mirin and then the sugar.

2. Born the fish and cut the fillets in half like this.

3. Peel the skin of the eggplant in a striped pattern. Cut it into 2cm diagonal pieces.
Soak them in water and drain well. Cut the Japanese leek into 2cm diagonal pieces.

4. Heat 3 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan and stir-fry the eggplant well. Add the Japanese leek and remove them from the frying pan.

5. Add another tbsp olive oil in the pan and brown the fish fillet.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

6. Add the eggplant, Japanese leek and fish to the miso white sauce. Mix it.

7. Put it into a casserole and scatter the cheese on top.

8. Bake in a pre-heated oven for 20 minutes at 200°C.

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