Fisherman’s Pie II
Fisherman's Pie II
I was recently in Phuket and had a very nice lunch at a restaurant near the Ao Por Marina, Fisherman's Pie. This was very good, salmon chunks, white fish and shrimp in a cheese sauce topped with more cheese. This is a filling meal. Make sure you remove the tails of the shrimp, unlike the restaurant I visited. This was baked in a bowl and served, I used a glass pie dish, my comments below, recipe slightly modified on my findings. When I prepare this again, I will use individual serving baking dishes.
Equipment
- Pie Dish
- Oven
Ingredients
- 800 grams salmon, boneless, skinless, cut into chunks, (14 oz)
- 400 grams white fish, boneless, skinless, pangasius or barramundi, cut into chunks, (14 oz)
- 250 grams fresh shrimp, uncooked, peeled, deveined, and tails removed, (8 oz)
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2½ tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1½ cups milk, warmed, more as needed
- 4 cups white Cheddar cheese, shredded and divided, or Edam cheese
- 1½ cup onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 190° C (375° F). Pat the fish pieces and shrimp dry with paper towels, toss the fish and shrimp together and in a pie dish, set aside. I used a pyrex pie dish.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium low heat. Whisk in flour, and stir until the mixture becomes paste like and light golden brown, 2 to 5 minutes.
- Gradually whisk warm milk into the flour mixture and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Whisk until the sauce is thick and smooth, about 5 minutes. Whisk in 1 cup of white Cheddar cheese, then mix onion, salt and pepper, and garlic into the sauce. If sauce is too thick, stir in more warm milk, 1 tablespoon at a time.
- Pour sauce over the fish and shrimp in the baking dish. Top with the onion.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Then sprinkle with the remaining 2 cups cheese. Continue baking until fish is easily flaked with a fork, about 15 to 20 minutes more and the cheese should be a nice golden brown. Remove from oven, let rest for 5 minutes.
- Serve with a green salad for a great meal.
Notes
For starters, this is not a $1 dollar meal. The salmon and cheese are the pricy items in this. When I make this again, I will narrow the price per serving down. For now this is a High cost per serving dish.
Variants: 1. Add oyster meat - cooked first. 2. Add green mussel meat - cooked first. 3. Use all white fish or all salmon.
I made this yesterday, 23 July 2016, the appearance what not what I seen at a restaurant in Phuket, the taste was spot on, and delicious! My sauce came out more watery than I had expected, but I did not pat the fish dry before placing in the pie dish. I modified the recipe with my findings. I used 800 grams of Pangasius, cubed and small shrimp, some were deveined, some were vein in. I increased the amount of the cheese in the recipe to 4 cups, 1 for the sauce, 3 for the topping. Over all excellent meal that we will get 6 servings from.
Quite a pricey meal, but sounds well worth it….heavenly!! :p
Yep, salmon is pricey here, and the cheese is imported as well, I’ll post a comment when I make this.