Old-fashioned fish pie

Old-fashioned fish pie

A good fish pie is all about texture. You can cook this texture-perfect beauty up to 24 hours ahead if you keep it in the fridge

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Boil the eggs for 8 minutes, drain, and tap the shells to crack them. Run under cold water for a few minutes then peel and quarter them.
  2. Pour the milk into a wide pan and lay the fish fillets skin side up in it. Heat gently for 3-4 minutes until the fish is just cooked through: if the skin peels away easily then you're there. Lift out the fish, bin the skin and strain the milk into a jug.
  3. Melt half the butter in a pan and add the leeks. Cook until the leeks are soft, then stir in the fl our. Cook for a minute or so longer, then gradually stir in the poaching milk. Cook, stirring, for about 5 minutes, until the sauce thickens. Stir in the parsley, then gently fold in the eggs and the fish, trying not to break them up too much. Season.
  4. Spoon the fish mixture into a pie dish, and top with dollops of mashed potato, spreading it out and roughing up the top. Dot with the rest of the butter. Cook for 30 minutes, until golden brown on top. Serve with peas.

Per serving

375 kcalories, protein 27.7g, carbohydrate 35.2g, fat 14.6 g, saturated fat 7.1g, fibre 3.2g, salt 1.13 g

Recipe from olive magazine, February 2006.

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  • Binder photo jonjon68

    31 March 2009

    jonjon68 commented on this recipe

    I used a packet cheese sauce and added the hard boiled eggs some prawns and scallops and frozen peas...........delicious.

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  • Binder photo Sarah G

    09 November 2009

    Sarah G rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Beautiful! I left out the eggs and used cod, smoked haddock and salmon with some grated cheese on top instead of the butter.

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    15 January 2010

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  • Binder photo Dave

    31 March 2010

    Dave rated and commented on this recipe

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    I had picked up 4 large smoked cod fillets from the 'whoops' counter in my local Asda for £3 and looking for something different, came across this recipe. Added a few shallots (chopped) to a couple of small leeks I had over from the week-end and a large garlic clove cut thinly. Made the extra sauce as suggested and served with steamed broccoli. All the family loved it !

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  • Binder photo karen711

    19 April 2010

    karen711 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Great recipe, added shallots, peas and sweetcorn as well as the extra milk, thanks for the tips!

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  • Binder photo iamac

    03 June 2010

    iamac rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I cooked this with a mixture of salmon and white fish & smoked cod. For the sauce I added white dry vermouth & fish stock & low fat thick cream instead of milk. I also used gherkins, capers and dill along with parsley for the sauce. I put in peas and sweetcorn as well. For the topping I used floury potatoes and sweet potatoes half half with dry breadcrumbs and topped the lot with some cheddar. Yummilicious!

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  • Binder photo jennifer g

    16 August 2010

    jennifer g rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Use pre-chunked fish (salmon, code and prawns). White sauce was really easy.

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  • Binder photo mickt

    06 September 2010

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  • Binder photo Thrifty

    21 October 2010

    Thrifty commented on this recipe

    did this for 12 people today nice easy dish, i also added some fresh chopped tarragon and chives to the sauce, and added some chives and cheese to the buttery mash, large roasting tin full of scrummy stuff, none left to use later. so must have been good had loads of nice comments. great recipie

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  • Binder photo Marion

    27 November 2010

    Marion rated and commented on this recipe

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    Great recipe, I use what ever fish I have to hand today its salmon.

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  • Binder photo elaineross

    31 January 2011

    elaineross rated and commented on this recipe

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    Very nice but nowhere near enough for six servings - only just enough for four and we're not big eaters! I used 2 tablespoons of flour and 500ml of milk as there would have been far too little sauce otherwise.

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  • Binder photo Beggerman

    16 February 2012

    Beggerman commented on this recipe

    Buy Fish Pie mix from Tesco, cover with film and cook in the microwave, add frozen prawns if you have them, may be frozen peas for colour. Make creamed potato with plenty nutmeg. Heat milk with Carr's Sauce Flour, can be seasoned with cheese or Dijon mustard. Assemble, can be kept in fridge when cold ready for re-heating when needed. Quantities can be varied according to need. The whole dish is a cheat, but its the quickest I know

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  • Binder photo SamGKenny

    22 February 2012

    SamGKenny rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very tasty .. loved by all the family. I substituted leeks for shallots as had none. I would agree with comments about egg though .. I chopped them up really small as wasn't keen on the idea of big lumps of egg. Delicious though .. worth the effort !

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  • Binder photo dix

    02 March 2013

    dix commented on this recipe

    if you take out the butter and 2 eggs how much fat could you reduce from a very high fat content 13g perportion any other suggets to reduce the amount to under 4g.

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  • Binder photo Daveinzim.

    24 March 2013

    Daveinzim. rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Hi Good food, I used Hake fillets and onion instead of leeks which I couldn't get on the day. Moss curled Parsley did instead of flat leaf. A sprinkle of grated Cheddar went onto the mash on top. I'd hoped for leftovers but it took a hit in one. This one's a keeper ! I might reduce the eggs to two though.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 300ml milk
  • 200g smoked cod or haddock fillets, skin on
  • 300g white fish fillets, skin on, bones removed
  • 50g butter
  • 250g leeks , dark green leaves discarded, the rest thinly sliced and washed
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • a small bunch of flat-leaf parsley leaves only, chopped
  • 1kg floury potato , boiled and mashed with 125ml hot milk and a knob of butter
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Per serving

375 kcalories, protein 27.7g, carbohydrate 35.2g, fat 14.6 g, saturated fat 7.1g, fibre 3.2g, salt 1.13 g

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