Creamy fish pie in a serving dish with a scoop out

Family meals: Easy fish pie recipe

By Caroline Hire
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Prep: 15 mins Cook: 45 mins

Easy

Serves a family of 4 - 6 or makes 6-8 toddler meals

A simple fish pie recipe that’s quick and easy to prepare. Portion into ramekins and freeze for quick toddler meals or cook in a big dish for the perfect family supper

Nutrition and extra info

  • Freezable

Nutrition: per serving (4)

  • kcal455
  • fat15.7g
  • saturates7.5g
  • carbs50.5g
  • sugars7g
  • fibre5.7g
  • protein27.1g
  • salt1g
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Ingredients

  • 1kg Maris Piper potatoes, peeled and halved
    Potato

    Potato

    po-tate-oh

    The world's favourite root vegetable, the potato comes in innumerable varieties. A member of…

  • 400ml milk, plus a splash

    Milk

    mill-k

    One of the most widely used ingredients, milk is often referred to as a complete food. While cow…

  • 25g butter, plus a knob
    Butter

    Butter

    butt-err

    Butter is made when lactic-acid producing bacteria are added to cream and churned to make an…

  • 25g plain flour
    Flour

    Flour

    fl-ow-er

    Flour is a powdery ingredient usually made from grinding wheat, maize, rye, barley or rice. As…

  • 4 spring onions, finely sliced
    Spring onions

    Spring onion

    sp-ring un-yun

    Also known as scallions or green onions, spring onions are in fact very young onions, harvested…

  • 1 x pack fish pie mix (cod, salmon, smoked haddock etc, weight around 320g-400g depending on pack size)
  • 1 tsp Dijon or English mustard
  • ½ a 25g pack or a small bunch chives, finely snipped
  • handful frozen sweetcorn
  • handful frozen petits pois
  • handful grated cheddar
    Cheddar

    Cheddar

    Ched-ah

    Once cheddar was 'Cheddar', a large, hard-pressed barrel of cheese made by a particular…

Method

  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 minutes 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.

  • Recipe Tip

    Cooking for baby too

    This fish pie can be given to your baby once they're weaned. Leave out the mustard and use a mix of fish that doesn’t include a salty smoked variety. You could use haddock and salmon for example. Ensure there aren’t any bones in the fish. Smoked fish imparts a lot of flavour so to make sure this dish is still tasty, stir in an extra handful of cheese once you take the sauce off the heat, then add the rest of the ingredients. Blend if necessary.

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missbakergirl
2nd Nov, 2014
Absolutely scrummy! I used 300ml of double cream & 100ml milk and smoked salmon & smoked haddock.
babs60
14th Oct, 2014
4.05
Very tasty but I did use less liquid & used a mixture of milk & double cream. I also left out the petits pois & the frozen sweetcorn & added two small packets of mixed seafood (prawns, squid & muscles). Will definitely be making this again.
mcallisterliza
22nd Sep, 2014
5.05
Love this dish. We also add garlic and one whole white onion. We also used thinly sliced potato for the topping in stead of mash. Brill recipe!!
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Hibiscus66
2nd Aug, 2014
I've made this twice now and each time it's all gobbled up, none left for later it's that delicious. My 2 young sons can be fussy eaters and they even eat the corn and peas in this. Thank you for sharing a great receipe.
MrsH1978
8th Apr, 2014
5.05
Nice and easy and very tasty. Will definitely make again
donnatellamoff
31st Mar, 2014
Very easy and very delicious!
Ellicks
29th Mar, 2014
This was a easy popular dish with my family ,I had already cooked a bag of baby potatoes so I cut them in half and put them all over the fish pie and then the cheese on top this went down a treat and made a lovely change from mash potatoe !
samzzie0504
25th Mar, 2014
5.05
delicious fish pie, will be making it again, i plan my meals so good food is a perfect website to look up recipes, i have already found 2 recipes for this week menu planner, lasagne and green thai curry.
grant9577
16th Mar, 2014
5.05
This fish pie is delicious! I use 200 ml double cream & 100ml milk instead of the 300ml of milk. I also use cheddar and Parmesan on top as it gives a lovely crunchy topping. Not exactly diet food but it raises it to an easy meal you can entertain with !
alexandliz
26th Jan, 2014
This was nice and easy and the kids both had second helpings and clean plates all round. :-).

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