- 500g potatoes
- 200g leeks
- 100g watercress
- 45g butter
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
- 227ml single cream
- 2 cod fillets
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 1.
Put a large pan of salted water on to boil. Peel and chop the potatoes into small chunks. When the water is boiling, add the potatoes and simmer for 15-20 mins till soft.
- 2.
While the potatoes simmer, trim the ends off the leeks and slice a cross in the tops. Rinse out any grit. Finely slice them. Pick any thick stalks out of the watercress. Roughly chop the watercress. Heat your grill to high.
- 3.
Warm a pan over a medium heat. Add 1 tbsp butter and the leeks with a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook and stir for 10 mins till the leeks have softened. Stir 1 tbsp cornflour into the pan. Cook and stir for 1 min.
- 4.
Add 1 tbsp mustard to the pan. Pour in the cream. Add the watercress. Bring to the boil, stirring to wilt the watercress, then take off the heat.
- 5.
Roughly chop the cod into bite-size chunks. Pop it into an ovenproof dish. Pour over the creamy watercress sauce. Grill for 10-12 mins till golden and bubbling.
- 6.
While the cod grills, drain the potatoes well, then tip back into the pan and add the rest of the butter with a pinch of salt. Mash till smooth.
- 7.
Scoop the mash into bowls and top with the grilled cod and watercress sauce.