Simple Fish Pie

Fish Pie

Yes I know it seems like all I ever eat is pie.. But this is more like fish with mashed potato

Its a sad day when I make Fish Pie for one but that’s what I wanted for dinner and I was on my own so I decided to make an individual pie in one of my terracotta baking dishes, they really are handy as everything get cooked through and it retains its heat for a long time so even if you are a slow eater it stays hot unlike when you ladle a dollop of pie onto a plate and its cold in 5 minutes!

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Ingredients (for 1)

• 100 Grams Firm White Fish (I used Hake which I don’t recommend! Pollock or Coley work well or Line Caught Cod)
• 10 Smallish Prawns (not tiny Shrimp but not Jumbo either-I used Frozen)
• 10 Mussels, out of their shells, cooked (I used Frozen)
• 10 Capers, drained of their brine
• 1 Tbs Fresh Parsley
• 15 grams Butter
• 15 grams Plain White Flour
• 300ml Milk
• 1 Portion of Mashed Potato
• 1/2 tsp Paprika
• Salt & Pepper to taste
• 15 grams Cheddar, grated
• 1 Egg Yolk
• 1 Bay Leaf
• 5 grams MORE Butter!

Method

1. If using frozen shell fish- allow these to thaw
2. Place White Fish in a pan with Milk & Bay Leaf, season lightly. Poach over low heat with lid on until fish is JUST turned white
3. Remove Fish to a plate and allow to cool. Reserve Milk for your sauce (discard Bay Leaf)!
4. In a small saucepan melt Butter with Flour until you have a Roux
5. Slowly add the Milk (used to poach the fish) whisking until it is all incorporated. Bring to the boil & reduce till a simmer, stirring till thickened.
6. Remove from heat
7. Flake White Fish
8. Add White Fish, Prawns, Mussels, Capers, Parsley & remaining Butter- mix well (but gently you don’t want to break the fish up)
9. Sprinkle over Paprika
10. Season to Taste
11. Prepare your Mashed Potato, I just add Butter & Seasoning. Then stir in 1 Egg Yolk!

Roux

White Sauce

Assembly

• Preheat Oven to Gas Mark 6
• Grease your individual casserole dish with Butter or Olive Oil
• Spoon in filling
• Using a piping bag pipe over Mashed Potato (or spoon it on then fork over the top to create peaks)
• Sprinkle over grated cheese
• Bake in the oven for approx 25-30 mins till Golden & Bubbling (remember your ingredients were all cooked through anyway!)

NB

This was a simple fish pie using the ingredients I had in the fridge, freezer & cupboards.

If you want to make a special fish pie I would (and do generally!) add the following:

• A Flaked Smoked Fish Fillet- I normally use Smoked Haddock but you could use Smoked Salmon
• 1/2 a Chopped Boiled Egg Per person
• 2 Chopped Cornichons Per Person
• Some Fresh Dill/Tarragon or Chervil

Please note my piping is atrocious in the photos I need a new piping set & I was using a children’s one! If you pipe the mash it goes really crispy, ditto the egg yolk makes the mash really crisp!

Parsely & Seasoning

Paprika

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White Sauce

Roux

Mussels & Prawns

Poach Fish

Fill Pie Dish

Grated Cheese

Pipe Mashed Potatoes

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