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Family Fish Pie

Family fish pieIngredients

  • 11/2lb/675g filleted cod
  • 1 onion finely chopped
  • Salt and pepper
  • Few drops of lemon juice
  • 1/4pt/150mls water
  • 1/2pt/275mls milk
  • 1oz/25g margarine
  • 1 dessertspoon of flour
  • 8 potatoes (cooked and mashed)

Instructions

  1. Skin the fish and cut into 4 pieces.  Wash in cold water.
  2. Place in a saucepan with onion and lemon juice.  Add the water and milk.  Cover and cook gently for 10 minutes.
  3. Drain the fish, saving the stock.
  4. Melt the margarine in a saucepan.  Add the flour and cook for 2 minutes until it forms a soft ball.  Remove from heat and add the fish stock gradually.  Bring to the boil, reduce heat and cook for another 2 minutes.
  5. Grease a pie dish and add a little sauce.  Place fish in a dish and cover with remaining sauce.
  6. Using a piping bag with a rose nozzle, pipe the mashed potatoes around edge of dish or spoon the potatoes around the edge.
  7. Brown under the grill or in the oven.

 

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