Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Fish Pie Recipe

This is a fab homemade fish pie that its really simple to make, everyone I know loves it!!

Ingredients
200g fresh, raw tiger prawns
200g fresh, raw unsmoked haddock
200g fresh raw pollock
100g fresh, raw and prepered squid
400g potatoes
150g mushrooms
1 lrg white onion
2 medium cloves garlic
3/4- 1 pint milk
Sweetcorn
2 hard boiled eggs
Cheddar cheese
Flat leaf parsley
1 bay leaf
Salt
Pepper
Plan flour
Unsalted butter

Directions
1-.In a large frying pan bring the milk to a steady simmer with the bay leaf, salt and peper
2-.Add the haddock, pollock prawns, squid, onions, garlic and mushrooms to the milk and continue simmering until the fish is cooked
3-.Whilst you are doing this boil the potatoes in salted water, once they are cooked mash them up with butter, milk, salt and pepper until smooth and creamy
4-.Now remove the fish, onions, garlic and mushrooms from the milk and put in a large oven-proof dish (take out the bay leaf too and throw away)Flake the fish into smaller pieces and check for small bones
5-.Add the sweetcorn and the 2 hard boiled eggs that have been cut into quarters
6-.Now make a rue using the plan flour and butter, cook out for a few minutes
7-.Slowly add the milk that the fish has been poached in to make a smooth white sauce (stirring at all times)
8-.Add the cheese and 1 table spoon of finely chopped flat leaf parsley to the white sauce, stir and pour over the fish, vegetables and eggs
9-.Now cover with the creamy mashed potatoes, leave the top of the pie nice and bumpy and sprinkle with a bit of grated cheese
10-.Put in the oven (180 degrees) for appox 30 minutes
11-.Serve with a lovely crispy salad

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