Luna in the Storm: Sailboat Bake
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TypeSide dish
Serves4 people
DateNovember 13, 2026
The Luna sailboat floats as a comforting side dish on a sea of mash and fish.
A warm oven dish of creamy mashed potatoes with fried white fish, topped with thin zucchini strips arranged as the silhouette of a sailboat with a lost sail on the waves. The dish captures the comfort after a disaster and refers to the yacht in the news.
Ingredients
- 800 g starchy potatoes
- 500 g white fish fillet (cod or pollock)
- 1 zucchini
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 100 ml milk
- 40 g unsalted butter
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 lemon
- salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Peel the potatoes and boil them for 20 minutes until tender.
- Finely chop the onion and sauté with the garlic in 1 tbsp olive oil until translucent.
- Cut the fish into broad strips, sprinkle with lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
- Briefly fry the fish on both sides in 1 tbsp olive oil until just cooked.
- Drain the potatoes and mash them with milk and butter into a creamy puree. Season with salt and pepper.
- Spread the mash in a large oven dish. Lay the fried fish in a diagonal row as the hull of a sailboat on the sea.
- Slice the zucchini into long, thin ribbons with a cheese slicer. Drape them as sails upright and at an angle from the fish, so the silhouette of a sailboat is visible. Lay an extra ribbon loosely to the side as the lost sail.
- Place the dish in a preheated oven at 180°C for 10 minutes to warm through.
Serving notes
- Serve straight from the dish so the sailboat remains visible.
- Garnish with a little lemon zest for a fresh 'sea breeze'.
- Offer extra olive oil for a glossy sea.