Fish pie.
Hello everybody, I hope you're having an amazing day today. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, fish pie. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Fish pie is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It's simple, it's fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Fish pie is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have fish pie using 24 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Fish pie:
- {Get of For the mash potato:.
- {Prepare of potatoes, cut into chunks.
- {Make ready of butter (generous amount).
- {Prepare of soya milk (or any milk preference).
- {Take of To taste salt and white pepper.
- {Prepare of nutmeg (optional).
- {Prepare of For the filling:.
- {Take of soya milk (or any milk of choice).
- {Get of smoked/unsmoked haddock fillets.
- {Get of smoked/unsmoked cod loin.
- {Prepare of white onion, sliced in half.
- {Prepare of cloves, pieced into half of the onion.
- {Get of bay leaves.
- {Take of leek, washed and chopped.
- {Make ready of butter.
- {Take of olive oil.
- {Take of plain flour.
- {Prepare of Sprinkle nutmeg (optional).
- {Prepare of frozen peas.
- {Get of parsley, finely chopped.
- {Get of lemon wax, finely grated.
- {Make ready of Garnish:.
- {Prepare of Sprinkle Parmesan cheese, finely grated (optional).
- {Take of Sprinkle mixed ground peppercorns (optional).
Steps to make Fish pie:
- In a saucepan on medium high heat, boil the potatoes until soft and tender. Using a colander drain the potatoes, return to the saucepan, on low heat. Mash the potatoes adding milk and butter. Once to desired consistency, season with salt, pepper and nutmeg (optional). Set aside and cover saucepan with lid to keep warm..
- In a saucepan on medium heat, add the milk, fish, onions with the cloves and bay leaves. Bring milk to a boil and then reduce heat to low and gently simmer for another 7-8 minutes..
- In the meantime in a work or large saucepan on medium heat, add the olive oil, butter, leeks and onions. Gently sauté the leeks and onions until soft and onions are translucent. Continuously stirring using a wooden spoon..
- Check the fish and turn off heat, immediately remove the fish from the saucepan and transfer into a bowl. Keep the poaching milk in the saucepan, as it will be used later..
- Now add the flour one tablespoon at a time to the leeks and onions, stirring constantly before adding the next tablespoon of flour. Tip: add the next tablespoon flour once no flour is left..
- Using a ladle bit by bit spoon in the milk from poaching the fish. Stir and combine well before adding the next ladle. Repeat until rest of milk has been used up. On low heat gently stir until the sauce has thickened. Season the sauce and taste, adjust seasoning to preference (add more salt, pepper or nutmeg (optional) if necessary)..
- Add the peas to the sauce mixture and cook for a minute. Break the fish into chunks, feeling for any bones (which need to be removed). Gently fold in the fish chunks into the sauce until well incorporated. Add parsley and lemon zest and gently mix..
- Place an ovenproof pie dish onto a baking tray. Spoon the fish mixture into the bottom of the dish and fill just above half way. Tip: do not overfill..
- Spoon and evenly top with the cooled mashed potato. Use a fork to create a rough texture on top. Grate parmesan and mixed peppercorns on top (optional). Place in the oven for 25 minutes, then change to grill setting for 5 minutes or until top is golden brown and fish pie is bubbling..
- Transfer pie dish onto a serving plate, eat immediately while piping hot. Serve with a side of green vegetables like broccoli or kale..
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