Fish Pie

(from ruffellbuff’s recipe box)

Categories: Dinners

Ingredients

  • 3 pieces of fish - white fish & salmon a good combination. A bit of smoked fish gives good flavour.
  • 2 large onions
  • Handful fresh or frozen peas
  • 300ml milk
  • 1 tblsp arrowroot powder
  • 2 tblsp butter
  • Bunch of parsley, finely chopped
  • 6-8 medium potatoes, peeled & chopped
  • milk & butter for mashing
  • Optional: 6 chopped mushrooms, 2 or 3 chopped hard boiled eggs, prawns, spianch

Directions

  1. Boil potatoes until cooked then mash well with milk & butter – can add parsley or some fried onion to the mash.

  2. Whisk mash with a wooden spoon until smooth & season with salt & pepper.

  3. Poach the fish in a large pan with milk until cooked through.

  4. Flake the fish and place into a pie/casserole dish reserving the milk for the sauce – you may need to top up with fresh milk if a lot evaporated during cooking.

  5. Fry the onions, peas (& mushrooms) until soft & add to the pie dish.

  6. Add eggs/spinach/extra cooked veg to dish.

  7. In a saucepan melt the butter, remove from heat & stir in arrowroot powder until dough like.

  8. Return to heat & cook for about 1 min.

  9. Remove from heat and stir in a little milk to make a smooth paste.

  10. Gradually add the rest of the milk & stir/whisk gently into a smooth sauce.

  11. Return to heat & stir continuously until sauce is thickened – you must stir or else the sauce will become lumpy.

  12. Season the sauce to taste & add parsley.

  13. Pour the sauce over the pie mixture & stir to combine.

  14. Top with mashed potato & bake in the oven for 20-30 mins until golden.

  15. Can serve just the pie mixture with vegetables if not eating potatoes.

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