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Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 50g butter
• 1 small brown onion, diced
• 2 sticks celery, diced
• 1 small carrot, finely chopped
• sea salt and freshly ground pepper
• 2 small leeks, cleaned, trimmed and cut into 1cm rounds
• ¾ cup cream (heavy cream)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 450g firm white fish cut into big chunks
• 650g smoked fish, flaked into chunks and checked for bones
• pinch of cayenne pepper
• grated zest of 1 lemon
• ¼ cup finely chopped at-leaf parsley
• 3 soft-boiled eggs, optional
• 4 slices sourdough, crusts removed
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 5 Tbsp plain flour
• 1¾ cups whole milk
• ¼ cup white wine
• pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• ½ cup grated parmesan
• mashed potato to top (made with 1 kilo potatoes)