
Creamy fish pie
Flaky white fish and peas in a creamy sauce under buttery mash. Proper comfort food.
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Ingredients
- White fish fillets, frozen480 g
- White potatoes1 kg
- Semi-skimmed milk450 ml
- Butter50 g
- Frozen peas200 g
- Mature Cheddar60 g
Also uses from the cupboard: table salt, ground black pepper, plain flour. Missing any? You can add them to your shop on the shopping list.
Usually contains: Fish, Milk.
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Estimated from typical ingredient values, including a teaspoon of oil. Children's portions are smaller.
Method
- Oven
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- Heat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan). Peel the potatoes and cut into chunks. Boil in salted water for 15 minutes until soft, drain, then mash with a knob of the butter and a splash of the milk.1 kg white potatoes450 ml semi-skimmed milk50 g butter
- Make the sauce. Melt the rest of the butter in a pan over a medium heat, stir in 3 tablespoons of flour and cook for 1 minute. Take off the heat and whisk in the rest of the milk a little at a time. Return to the heat and stir until thick and smooth. Season.
- Cut the fish into chunks (it can go in frozen) and put it in an ovenproof dish with the frozen peas. Pour over the sauce.480 g white fish fillets, frozen200 g frozen peas
- Spoon the mash on top, grate over the cheese and bake for 25 minutes (30 if the fish was frozen), until golden and bubbling at the edges.60 g mature cheddar
Add a pinch of nutmeg and a good grind of black pepper to the white sauce. It is what makes fish pie taste like fish pie.
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