A Serious Fish Pie. A Serious Fish Pie Mark Wheatley Bristol, UK. The secret to a great pie is a great pie dish! Make sure you use a full size, traditional deep single-portion pie dish. A Serious Fish Pie

You can have A Serious Fish Pie using 14 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of A Serious Fish Pie
  1. Prepare of Salmon fillet.
  2. Prepare of Smoked cod or haddock fillet.
  3. It’s of Shallots (or 1/3 small onion).
  4. You need of garlic.
  5. You need of dill.
  6. Prepare of chives.
  7. Prepare of grated cheddar cheese.
  8. Prepare of plain flour.
  9. You need of milk.
  10. You need of butter.
  11. Prepare of lemon, juice and zest.
  12. Prepare of fresh ground black pepper.
  13. It’s of shortcrust pastry.
  14. Prepare of egg (beaten).

A Serious Fish Pie The secret to a great pie is a great pie dish! Make sure you use a full size, traditional deep single-portion pie dish. Once the eggs are cool enough to handle, peel, then slice. Place sliced egg over peas then pour thickened milk over top.

A Serious Fish Pie instructions

  1. Fry the Shallots and garlic in a little butter..

  2. Cut the fish into bite size chunks. Microwave in a covered dish until lightly cooked..

  3. In a separate pan, use the butter, flour and milk to make a rue..

  4. To the rue add the cheese, pepper, herbs, chives, lemon juice and zest, fish and shallots/garlic. Mix well but gently - try and keep the fish chunks from breaking up..

  5. Butter the inside of the pie dish..

  6. Take the pastry sheet and cut around the top of the pie dish to make the pie lid. Take a small serving plate and cut around this to make a larger pastry circle that will form the base of the pie..

  7. Push the pastry base into the pie dish. Remove excess pastry from around the edge of the dish, making sure you leave pastry on the lip of the dish..

  8. Add the filling. Then brush some beaten egg around the edge of the base where the lid will sit..

  9. Add the lid. Push down with your thumb all along the edge, sealing the lid against the base..

  10. Brush egg over the top of the pie. Then take a sharp knife and make a couple of small holes in the lid to allow steam/pressure to escape..

  11. Bake in a medium-heat oven for 30-35 minutes, or until the pie is a deep golden brown..

  12. Serve with a lemon wedge and seasonal vegetables of your choice..

Fish expert Mitch Tonks' fish pie recipe has bags of flavour from the smoked haddock. Scatter shrimp over poached fish, followed by peas. Once the eggs are cool enough to handle, peel, then slice. Place sliced egg over peas then pour thickened milk over top. Fish pie is a potato topped fish bake that's a British comfort food classic.