Fancy Fish Pie. . Its easy to make Fancy Fish Pie for my son.
Fancy Fish Pie
You can easily cook Fancy Fish Pie in 26 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can easily make that.
Ingredients of Fancy Fish Pie
| 1 | About of For poaching the fish. |
| 2 | Take 500 ml of full fat milk. |
| 3 | Approximately 1 of small onion, quartered. |
| 4 | Approximately 4 of cloves. |
| 5 | Approximately 2 of Bay Leaves. |
| 6 | Take of For the Filling. |
| 7 | Prepare 300 g of smoked seconds fillets/smoked haddock. |
| 8 | Prepare 300 g of cod fillet, skinned and boned. |
| 9 | You need 200 g of Queen scallops. |
| 10 | It’s 150 g of King Prawns. |
| 11 | Approximately of Small bunch parsley, chopped. |
| 12 | Approximately of For the Nutmeg Mash. |
| 13 | Take 1.5 kg of floury potatoes (such as maris pipers), peeled and cut into large chunks. |
| 14 | Take of salt and black pepper. |
| 15 | Prepare 50 ml of Whole Milk. |
| 16 | About 50 g of unsalted butter. |
| 17 | About of Freshly grated nutmeg. |
| 18 | Approximately 100 g of grated mature cheddar. |
| 19 | You need of For the Sauce. |
| 20 | You need 50 g of unsalted butter. |
| 21 | It’s 50 g of plain flour. |
| 22 | Approximately 500 ml of reserved poaching milk PLUS an extra 100ml. |
| 23 | You need 1 tbsp of Lemon Juice. |
| 24 | It’s 2 tbsp of chopped fresh parsley. |
| 25 | Prepare of Freshly grated nutmeg. |
| 26 | You need of salt and black pepper. |
Fancy Fish Pie cooking step by step
| Step 1 | 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.. |
| Step 2 | 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.. |
| Step 3 | 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.. |
| Step 4 | 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.. |
| Step 5 | 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.. |
| Step 6 | 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.. |
| Step 7 | 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.. |
| Step 8 | 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.. |