Billingsgate School fish pie recipe

Billingsgate School fish pie recipe

There’s few things as delicious and comforting as a fish pie and this creamy Billingsgate School Fish Pie recipe is ideal for a weekend treat. Invite friends over to share or be smug next week when you have ready made lunches prepared!

Ingredients (serves 4)

1 large sweet potato, peeled and cubed
400g potatoes, scrubbed and cubed
1 leek, finely sliced
2 rounded tbsp soft margarine/butter
¼tsp cayenne pepper
2 heaped tbsp flour
¼tsp grated nutmeg
½tsp dried English mustard or 1 teaspoon wholegrain mustard
600ml semi skimmed milk
1 bay leaf
500g mixed fish fillets (such as salmon, smoked haddock, coley, and pollack)
2tbsp chopped dill
2tbsp chopped parsley
Salt and pepper
50g grated Cheddar cheese

Method

To make the topping place the potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to the boil and simmer for about 5-10 minutes until just tender. Drain and set aside to cool.

Melt the butter in a large saucepan stir in the leeks and cook for 2-3 minutes until starting to soften. Sprinkle in the flour, cayenne pepper, nutmeg and mustard and cook for 1-2 minutes.

Remove from the heat and gradually stir in the milk, add the bay leaf. Cook, stirring all the time, over a gentle heat until the sauce has thickened. Leave to cool.

Skin and pin bone the fish fillets and slice the fillets into chunks.

Remove the bay leaf and stir the prepared fish, dill and parsley into the cooled sauce. Season with salt and pepper and spoon into a large shallow oven proof dish.

Cover the fish mixture with the cooked potatoes and sprinkle over the cheese.

Place the dish on a baking sheet in a preheated oven 200°C/Gas Mark 6 and cook for 30 minutes, until topping is golden brown and centre of the dish is piping hot.

Try this with a mixture of fish and shellfish, or add chopped hard boiled eggs. For the topping try a mixture of mashed root vegetables – potatoes, parsnip and carrot.

Recipe taken from The Billingsgate Market Cookbook, by CJ Jackson, £20, amazon.co.uk

OFFER!
As an Easter treat, Billingsgate Seafood School is offering a buy one get one half price offer.  For a limited time only book onto either the Good Friday or Easter Saturday class and get an evening class half price or take a friend with you onto an Easter class for half price.

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