Fish Pie #TrickyFishy
Feeds 8 hungry people!
- 1.25kg Latimers Fish Pie Mix
- 2 pints full fat milk
- 1 onion quartered
- Mace
- 100g butter
- 150g flour
- 3 tomatoes – prick, put in hot oven for 2 mins, then when cool skin, deseed and roughly chop
- 2 tbspns chopped parsley
- 50g grated mature cheddar
- 5 kg mashed potatoes
- 3 tbspns Frozen Peas
Simmer the fish, onion and mace in the milk for 2 mins
Let it cool for 20 mins
Strain the fish, check for bones, and flake any large pieces
Discard the onion
Melt the butter in a pan, stir in the flour
Add the strained fish milk slowly, stirring to make the sauce
Stir in the cheese, fish, tomatoes, parsley
Season with salt and pepper
TASTE – add more salt and pepper as necessary, add frozen peas
Spoon into filling into pie dish (spread fish our evenly)
Pipe mashed potato onto fish pie, sprinkle breadcrumb/cheese on the top and finish off in oven for 15-20mins (make sure piping hot) Moderate Oven
You can freeze the cooked fish pies for rainy days, or half/ quarter the recipe if you want to feed less people.
