Easy Fish Pie
Sounds wonderful, on my to cook list! This is very rewritten to make this user friendly. This recipe assumes you have hard boiled eggs (chicken or duck), and mashed potatoes already prepared.
Equipment
- Pie Dish (9 inch) , or 7 x 11 inch baking pan.
- Oven
Ingredients
- 400 grams whitefish fillets, boneless, skinless, (14 oz)
- 400 grams salmon fillets, boneless, skinless, 14 oz)
- 200 grams shrimp, peeled, deveined, tails removed, (7 oz)
- 4 hard boiled eggs, peeled and quartered
- 2½ cups milk
- 1 small onion, quartered
- 4 cloves, not the garlic
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 bunch fresh parsley, chopped
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup all purpose flour, pinch less
- pinch ground nutmeg, small pinch
- 1 kilo mashed potatoes, (2 lb)
- 1 cup Cheddar cheese, shredded
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180° C (350° F). Get out a deep dish Pyrex pie dish or a 7x11 baking dish, I will verify when I make this.
- To poach the fish, heat a non stick pan and add the milk, onion, bay leaves, and cloves. Heat to just before a boil, add the fish and simmer until the fish is cooked through and flakes with a fork, about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Remove the fish to a plate, strain the milk mixture and pour into a bowl, discard the contents of the strainer.
- Flake the fish into large pieces into the baking dish, Add the shrimp and arrange the quartered eggs on the top. Sprinkle the parsley on the top.
- To make the sauce, melt half of the butter in a small pan, stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute, stirring, then remove from heat. Stir in the reserved milk to get a smooth sauce. Return the pot to heat and bring to a boil and cook 5 minutes, stirring continuously, until it coats the back of a spoon. Remove from heat, season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
- Pour the sauce over the fish. Top the pie with mashed potatoes, push the mash right up to the edges to seal, fluff the top with a fork then sprinkle on the cheese.
- Bake for 30 minutes then let rest for 5 minutes, serve.
Notes
Figure about 50 Baht for the whitefish, Pangasius, and about 200 Baht for salmon. For the cheese, figure about 90 Baht. For 4 servings, this is about $2.50 per serving.
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