Cornish fish pie

Cornish fish pie

Great for kids, use sustainably caught, white fish, such as Pacific cod or hoki

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Simmer the potatoes for about 20 minutes until tender, then drain and mash with half the butter and a little milk. Season.
  2. Meanwhile, bring the rest of the milk to a simmer in a frying pan, add the fish and bay leaves, cover and cook for 6-8 minutes. Remove the fish (keep the poaching milk) and flake into a dish, sprinkle the prawns and egg on top.
  3. Melt the rest of the butter in a pan, add the flour and mix, then gradually add 300ml of the poaching milk, mixing constantly until all the milk has been absorbed. Bring to the boil and simmer for a couple of minutes then take off the heat and mix in the parsley. Season. Pour over the fish and prawns. Spoon the mash over so it covers everything, then sprinkle with the cheese.
  4. Cook for 20 minutes in the oven until the top is golden.
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Which fish

Use sustainably caught, white, kid-friendly fish for this, such as Pacific cod or hoki. Dry it well before cooking to remove excess moisture and the sauce will stay nice and creamy.

Per serving

939 kcalories, protein 63.0g, carbohydrate 63.8g, fat 49.8 g, saturated fat 28.6g, fibre 3.8g, salt 2.73 g

Recipe from olive magazine, August 2005.

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  • 13 February 2010

    Mary Chappell rated this recipe

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  • 25 March 2010

    Beth769 rated this recipe

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  • 07 April 2010

    Bev 38 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    we dont like hard boiled eggs, so i use cod, smoked haddock, prawns and capers. This is a quick and easy evening meal and fresh ingredients definitely makes a difference.

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  • 27 April 2010

    Helen rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Using the quantities stated for the parsley sauce (75g butter, 300ml milk, 60g flour) did not work. I needed much more milk to make the sauce the correct consistency. Other than that, a nice fish pie, but nothing special.

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  • Binder photo Pol

    29 April 2010

    Pol rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Brilliant mid-week meal, really tasty :o)

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  • 06 May 2010

    stevieb1liverpool1956 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    hi.my partner & i tried this on monday and it was very tasty. follow this recipe if your having 4 people to dinner, otherwise half ingredients for 2, we had enough for the following day also.

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  • 24 July 2010

    Luckygirl rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely! The sauce was a much better texture than those I have tried previously. Would serve more than 4 though I think. I served it with brocolli and my pre-schooler son loved it. The cheese adds a little perk to it as well. Brilliant!

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  • 17 August 2010

    Linette rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Lovely flavour, but the sauce was far too thick. Will make again, but add less flour to the sauce mixture. I will also try it with a puff pastry topping.

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  • Binder photo Pom

    09 September 2010

    Pom commented on this recipe

    I loved this fish pie, it was really enjoyable. I added some mushrooms and sweetcorn and used a mixture of plaice and haddock - it was delicious.

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  • 20 October 2010

    emma commented on this recipe

    do you think you could use frozen fish ?

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  • 25 November 2010

    simples commented on this recipe

    Have just finished cooking this right now. didn't add prawns (as nobody likes them in our household) and didnt add the eggs either because it sounded rank. very loosely followed the recipie as my scales are broken so i just added what i though in terms of amounts. Tastes delicious though and as its my 1st ever fish pie i think its fantastic!

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  • 13 February 2011

    is it worth waiting for? commented on this recipe

    love fish pie....i cook it this way....http://isitworthwaitingfor.blogspot.com/

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  • 15 April 2011

    strawberry rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Our Kids, just hate fish! This pie was a great success though. They licked their platers clean (not literally)!

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  • 16 April 2011

    iirtw63 rated this recipe

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  • Binder photo Cat

    18 May 2011

    Cat rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    made lots of washing up and seemed to take forever, followed the recipe exactly but prawns seemed to be a overcooked. don;t think I will be using this one again!

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  • 09 July 2011

    lindad4a rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    As others have said... this tasted delicious - but the vast amount of washing up (pan to poach the fish, pan to make the mash, jug to measure the milk, pan to make the sauce, dish to bake it all in, and a pan to boil a few peas) will put me off making it again. It does also have that huge amount of butter! However, if the washing up doesn't put you off, just make sure your baking dish is big enough. Mine was just a tad too small... so now I'm off to do the washing up AND clean the oven! The pie was a pleasure to eat though! I used a mix of salmon, pollack and smoked haddock which was being sold by my local supermarket as a 'fish pie mix' and it worked well.

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  • 13 July 2011

    SammyK rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is a really lovely fish pie. Using smoked haddock and adding some frozen peas makes it even better. I also added some cream to the mash, it makes it even more calorific, but it's worth it as a special family treat. Everyone loved it, especially my 3 yearold son. Definitely a recipe to store in the cook book.

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  • 28 October 2011

    Cathy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this in class, people seemed to love the creamyness of the sauce, sadly the fish had a fair few bones... Put my mum off but other than that was delicious! Made without the eggs and cheese and added some muscles too.

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  • 09 January 2012

    Robinhood commented on this recipe

    Recommend cod and unsmoked haddock fillets

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  • 25 September 2012

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour

Ingredients

  • 1kg potato , cut into large chunks
  • 150g butter
  • 750ml milk
  • 700g skinless white fish
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 100g prawns , cooked and peeled
  • 3 eggs , hard boiled and quartered
  • 60g plain flour
  • small bunch parsley , chopped
  • 100g grated cheddar cheese
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Per serving

939 kcalories, protein 63.0g, carbohydrate 63.8g, fat 49.8 g, saturated fat 28.6g, fibre 3.8g, salt 2.73 g

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