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Plokkfiskur

Name: Plokkfiskur
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Iceland
Ingredients: 400g (cod) White Fish Fillet; 4 Potato; 1 Onion; 300ml Milk; 30g Butter; 2 tbsp All-purpose flour; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; A pinch Green Onion; To taste Rye bread

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

White fish and potatoes broken up in white sauce — an Icelandic home fish dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Plokkfiskur means 'mashed fish': a humble dish of boiled cod or haddock and potatoes mixed and broken up in a white sauce with onion. It was born as a home dish to use up leftover fish without waste. It's classically served with buttered dark rye bread.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a home in an Icelandic fishing village, a creamy stew of fish and potatoes is spooned onto plates at weekday lunch and served with dark bread.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

White Fish Fillet 400g (cod)
Potato 4
Onion 1
Milk 300ml
Butter 30g
All-purpose flour 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Green Onion A pinch
Rye bread To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Boil, peel, and roughly chop the potatoes. Boil the white fish in salted water, remove the bones and skin, and flake.
Melt butter in a pot and sauté the chopped onion.
Add the flour and cook, then gradually add the milk to make a thick sauce.
Add the fish and potatoes and mix, breaking them up with a wooden spoon.
Season with salt and pepper, scatter with green onion, and serve with rye bread.

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