Fisherman's Pie II
Lee
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.
Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr
Total Time 1 hour hr 20 minutes mins
Course Main Dish
Cuisine American
- 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
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.
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.