Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, fancy fish pie. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Place leek, fennel, carrot, potato, bay leaves, all fish and milk together in a large pan over a medium-low heat. Great recipe for Fancy Fish Pie. A ridiculously satisfying plate of true comfort food.
Fancy Fish Pie is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Fancy Fish Pie is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have fancy fish pie using 26 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Fancy Fish Pie:
- Get For poaching the fish
- Get 500 ml full fat milk
- Take 1 small onion, quartered
- Prepare 4 cloves
- Take 2 Bay Leaves
- Make ready For the Filling
- Take 300 g smoked seconds fillets/smoked haddock
- Get 300 g cod fillet, skinned and boned
- Get 200 g Queen scallops
- Get 150 g King Prawns
- Prepare Small bunch parsley, chopped
- Get For the Nutmeg Mash
- Prepare 1.5 kg floury potatoes (such as maris pipers), peeled and cut into large chunks
- Take salt and black pepper
- Take 50 ml Whole Milk
- Prepare 50 g unsalted butter
- Prepare Freshly grated nutmeg
- Take 100 g grated mature cheddar
- Make ready For the Sauce
- Get 50 g unsalted butter
- Get 50 g plain flour
- Take 500 ml reserved poaching milk PLUS an extra 100ml
- Get 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
- Make ready 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- Get Freshly grated nutmeg
- Get salt and black pepper
A rich and creamy recipe with added decadence from the scallops. This is a fish pie for special occasions because it's a little bit fancy! The tasty fish mix is layered with a luxurious fennel and lemon mash. To make it even better we then add a layer of cheese, flaked almonds and pine nuts.
Steps to make Fancy Fish Pie:
- First, poach the fish: put the fish into a frying pan and pour over the 500ml milk. Stud each onion quarter with a clove, then add to the milk with the bay leaves. Bring the milk just to the boil - this will be just a few bubbles appearing - and reduce the heat to simmer for 8 minutes.
- Flake the fish onto a plate and strain the milk into a jug to cool, as you will use this later for the sauce. Flake the fish into large pieces into a large shallow oven-proof baking dish. Place the raw prawns and scallops evenly over the fish. Scatter over the chopped parsley.
- Next, get the potatoes going for the mash by placing them into a large saucepan of cold, salted water. Bring to the boil and cook for around 15 - 20 minutes, or until tender.
- Meanwhile, make the sauce. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over a low heat. Once melted, stir in the flour using a hand whisk and cook for around 10 minutes, stirring continuously until the flour is ‘cooked out’. The consistency will change to a thinner ‘sauce’ and the colour should go slightly caramel. This is when you know it is ready to add the milk.
- Take off the heat and gradually add the milk, a big splash at a time, whisking well each time to create a smooth sauce. As the milk will have been warm when adding, the sauce should thicken fairly quickly. Return to the heat and continue cooking if it needs to thicken a little more. Finish the sauce by adding the nutmeg, parsley, lemon juice and some salt and pepper. Pour this evenly over the fish. Preheat the oven to 190C fan.
- Drain the potatoes well, giving them a bash, tip them back into the pan and mash well. Add the butter and mix well until melted using a fork now in a whisky motion to begin fluffing the mash. Add the milk, a splash at a time until you have a creamy, smooth consistency. You may not need to use all of the milk. Season with salt and pepper to taste and add the nutmeg to taste.
- Top the pie now with the mash, starting at the edges and working your way in. Smooth it down and then mark with a fork. Top with the grated mature cheddar.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until golden-brown on top and bubbling all the way through. If your pie was assembled cold, it may take slightly longer in the oven. Serve with buttered peas tossed in parsley.
This is the one to make if you want guests to reach for an additional portion. Assemble the pie, then cover tightly with a double thickness of foil. Fish Pie for Easter! (Or any other time of the year 🙂 ) This recipe has a few more steps in it than my usual quick 'n easy dinner recipes. But no more steps than usual pies - Cottage Pie, Beef and Mushroom Pie, Shepherds Pie. A golden crusted, creamy mashed potato topping.
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