Super Fish Pie

Murph
Murph @cook_8034391
Bristol

Based on my mammas fish pie recipe, this little beauty takes a little effort, but is comforting to the max

Super Fish Pie

Based on my mammas fish pie recipe, this little beauty takes a little effort, but is comforting to the max

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Ingredients

45mins
5 servings
  1. 5-6medium sized potatoes
  2. 2sides of fresh cod (or other good fish)
  3. 2sides of fresh salmon
  4. 1 bunchparsley
  5. 1smattering of garden peas (I use frozen ones)
  6. 1 pintmilk
  7. 50 gbutter
  8. 30 gflour
  9. Some grated cheddar (to taste)
  10. Salt & pepper to season

Cooking Instructions

45mins
  1. 1

    Heat the oven to 200 °C (Gasmark 6)

  2. 2

    Boil some water for the potatoes

  3. 3

    Peel and cut the spuds into smallish bits

  4. 4

    Chop the fish into pretty chunks

  5. 5

    Add the potatoes to the boiling water and boil for 10 mins

  6. 6

    Steam the fish for 8 — 10 mins

  7. 7

    Time for parsley sauce, melt 30g of butter in a saucepan

  8. 8

    Mix the flour into the metled butter and drop in 3/4 of a pint of milk and the chopped parsley

  9. 9

    After the parsley sauce is mixed, drop in the peas and then keep the sauce on a low heat

  10. 10

    Once the fish has steamed, put it into a suitable deep dish. I use a medium sized pyrex cooking dish

  11. 11

    Pour over the parsley and pea sauce

  12. 12

    Shave the butter into the potatoes and start to mash it up

  13. 13

    Pour a little milk into the mash pan to help the mash get creamy

  14. 14

    Salt & pepper in the mash to taste

  15. 15

    Cover the fish & sauce with the mash potatoes and even out the pie’s mash top with a fork (I like to put grooves in mine)

  16. 16

    Bake the pie in the oven for 20 mins

  17. 17

    Optional: sprinkle some grated cheddar onto the pie and grill until the cheese is browning and cripsing up

  18. 18

    Serve and give the pie a couple of minutes to cool before devouring it with gusto!

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