Fish pie, also known as fisherman’s pie, is a traditional British dish. The pie is usually made with white, often smoked, fish (for example cod, haddock or halibut) in a white sauce or cheddar cheese sauce made using the milk the fish was poached in. Prawns and hard boiled eggs are other common additional ingredients.
Fish expert Mitch Tonks’ fish pie recipe has bags of flavour from the smoked haddock, prawns and cod. It’s the perfect comfort dinner.
Fish Pie
Fish expert Mitch Tonks' fish pie recipe has bags of flavour from the smoked haddock, prawns and cod. It's the perfect comfort dinner.
Ingredients
- 1/2 kilogram(kg) fish (cod steaks)
- 250 grams(g) packet of smashed potatoes
- 1 small onion,chopped
- 2 tomatoes,chopped
- 1 oz butter for frying
- 1 tablespoon(tbsp) butter for potatoes
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon(tbsp) oil
- 2 tablespoon(tbsp) tomato sauce
- salt and white pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoon(tbsp) lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon(tbsp) bread crumbs
Instructions
- Boil the fish with salt and 1 tbsp lemon juice and keep aside
- Fry onions in butter and oil in a saucepan until soft
- Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, salt, pepper and lemon juice
- Chop or flake the cooked fish and add to the mixture and mix well
- Add 1/4cup water, bring to the boil and turn mixture into an oven-proof dish
- Prepare mashed potatoes as per instructions with the addition of salt, white pepper, lemon juice and butter
- Mix well and spread over the fish mixture
- Beat an egg and brush over the potatoes, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and cook in an oven at 200°C (Gas Mark 6 or 400°F) for 15 minutes
