Fish Pie
Fish Pie is such a comfort food, I have to confess that even in the height of summer this is something I'd contemplate eating though perhaps with a salad rather than steamed vegetables
Stats
Serves: 4
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients
- 200g smoked haddock
- 200g salmon fillet
- 10 frozen king prawns
- 650ml milk
- 50g butter
- 30g flour
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2kg King Edward potatoes
- 100g cheddar, grated (half and half cheddar and a red cheese gives a better look and flavour)
- Salt
- Ground white pepper
- Ground black pepper
- Generous pinch of saffron
Method
- Poach the cod and haddock in 600ml of the milk, along with the saffon
- Whilst the fish is poaching, dice the potatoes and par boil them, ready for mashing
- When the fish has finished poaching, place the fish into the dish that you'll be cooking it in, reserving the milk and discarding the bayleaf
- Melt 30g of the butter in a small saucepan, add the flour and combine to form a roux
- Once the roux has cooked off for a minute or two, add the milk and whisk to combine
- Allow the roux to cook and thicken then season with black pepper and salt to taste
- Mash the potatoes, using the remaining milk, butter, some salt and the white pepper
- Now it's assembly time!
- Pour the sauce over the fish
- Spoon over the mashed potato (or pipe it if you're feeling fancy)
- Grate the cheese over the top of the pie
- Cook in the oven for 20 minutes at 180 fan, or until the cheese has crisped up and is golden