A Fish Pie is full of protein, veg and yummy goodness. This is something that my dad used to make all the time when I was little, and when I asked him where he got the recipe from he told me it was from my nan.

Since having the recipe I have adapted it and moulded it to my tastes and to something that my little one is more likely to eat. I have now got my fish pie to an almost perfect state, but I know it is missing something, and I hope to one day find out what that is and then share it with you.

Ingredients

For the Mash

• 5 med potatoes
• milk
• butter
• ground black pepper

For the Filling

• Fish pie mix (defrosted)
• 2 cups milk
• 2 tsp cornflour
• 3 hard boiled eggs (cut into 4)
• Grated cheese
• 1 tbsp parsley
• 2 cups of frozen peas
• A knob of butter
• Pinch of pepper

As I said at the beginning of this post there is something missing from this ingredients list and I still haven’t worked out what it is. But that’s what cooking is isn’t it? one big experiment with food.

Method

1. Peel and chop the potatoes into small pieces. Put them on to boil.
2. Boil the eggs for 12 mins ~(to get hard boiled)
3. Once boiled leave the eggs to cool for 10mins then peel and cut into 4 pieces
4. Once the potatoes are soft drain the water and add a knob of butter and splash of milk
5. mash the potatoes and add more milk or butter to the consistency you like, set aside for later
6. Pour a cup of milk into a pan and bring to boil.
7. Add the fish, let simmer for around 5-10 mins.
8. remove fish and add flour and parsley to the milk, mix well until smooth and it thickens
9. add in the peas, simmer until they are heated through
10. add in fish, and eggs
11. set into a pie dish (I used a lasagne dish)
12. layer the mashed potato on top, run a fork in the potato to make ridges
13. top with cheese
14. bake in the oven at 200c for 25-30 mins or until golden brown

Serve with veg of your choice.

This is dish very simple to make but does require a bit of your time, however if you have older children they could help you make the sauce or for a better result prepare the filling the night before you wish to make the pie so that the flavours are really infused.

I hope you enjoy this recipe, if you have any ideas on what could be missing please let me know.

Enjoy xx