Family meals: Easy fish pie recipe
Prep
15 mins
Cook
45 mins
Servings
4
Difficulty
Medium
There's nothing quite like a homemade fish pie to bring everyone to the table, and this one is wonderfully simple to pull together. With just 15 minutes of prep, you'll have a comforting dish in the oven that practically looks after itself. I love that it uses frozen fish and veg, which means you can make it any night of the week without a trip to the shops. The potatoes on top give you that satisfying comfort food feeling, while the fish provides lean protein that keeps everyone full and happy. It's the kind of meal that feels special enough for guests but easy enough for a regular weeknight.
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Ingredients
- 1 kgmaris piper potatoes peeled and halved
- 400 mlmilk plus a splash
- 25 gbutter plus a knob
- 25 gplain flour
- 14 spring onions finely sliced
- 11 x pack fish pie mix(cod, salmon, smoked haddock etc, weight around 320g-400g depending on pack size)
- 1 tspdijon or english mustard
- 1½ a 25g pack or a small bunch chives finely snipped
- 1 handfulfrozen sweetcorn
- 1 handfulfrozen petits pois
- 1 handfulgrated cheddar
Detail level
Instructions
- 1
Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas mark 6.
- 2
Put 1kg potatoes, peeled and halved, in a saucepan and pour over enough water to cover them. Bring to the boil and then simmer until tender.
- 3
When cooked, drain thoroughly and mash with a splash of milk and a knob of butter. Season with ground black pepper.
- 4
Put 25g butter, 25g plain flour and 4 finely sliced spring onions in another pan and heat gently until the butter has melted, stirring regularly. Cook for 1-2 mins.
- 5
Gradually whisk in 400ml milk using a balloon whisk if you have one. Bring to the boil, stirring to avoid any lumps and sticking at the bottom of the pan. Cook for 3-4 mins until thickened.
- 6
Take off the heat and stir in 320g-400g mixed fish, 1 tsp Dijon or English mustard, a small bunch of finely snipped chives, handful of sweetcorn and handful of petits pois. Spoon into an ovenproof dish or 6-8 ramekins.
- 7
Spoon the potato on top and sprinkle with a handful of grated cheddar cheese.
- 8
Pop in the oven for 20-25 mins or until golden and bubbling at the edges. Alternatively, cover and freeze the pie or mini pies for another time.
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