Fisherman’s Pie

Ingredients

• 350g any fish (we used equal quantities of salmon, cod and smoked haddock)
• 100g prawns (preferably raw tiger prawns) (6)
• 150g onion (1)
• 70g celery (1 stick)
• 110g leek (1 large)
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 10g dill
• 500ml fish stock
• 150ml white wine
• 100ml double cream
• 40g plain flour
• 40g unsalted butter
• 1kg mashed potato

Preparation Time: (15 minutes for the mashed potato) + 40 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Serves: 5 - 6

Method

1. Make the mashed potato.
2. Preheat the oven to 200°c.
3. Peel and dice the onion. Chop the celery and leek into ½cm pieces. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Finely chop the dill.
4. Remove the skin and bones from the fish and chop it into 2cm cubes. Peel the prawns.
5. In a saucepan, heat the butter and, when it has melted, put in the onion, celery, leek and garlic. Cook it over a medium heat for 15 minutes until the onion is very soft.
6. Add the flour to the pan, thoroughly mix it in, then add the white wine and stir that in until the flour and wine have combined.
7. Pour in 150ml of the stock and stir that in until it has become combined, then add another 150ml of the stock and stir that to combine. Finally, add the remaining stock and stir it in. Then bring the mixture up to the boil, turn down the heat slightly and simmer it until it has reduced by half (about 5-10 minutes).
8. Add the fish, but not the prawns, turn the heat down to medium and gently cook it for 5 minutes.
9. Add the cream and the dill, season it with salt & pepper, gently stir it (so as not to break up the fish) and then carefully tip the contents of the pan into an oven proof dish. Then put in the prawns.
10. Cover the mixture with the mashed potato by first putting spoonfuls around the edge of the dish and then filling in the middle. Smooth the surface of the mashed potato with a knife and then lightly drag a fork across to form a ridged pattern.
11. Put the dish on to a baking tray and into the oven for 20 minutes. If the top is not browned enough by this time, put the dish under a hot grill for 5 minutes (or until the top is brown enough).
12. Serve.

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Useful Information

Can it be frozen? Yes.
Can it be prepared in advance? Yes, up to 1 day to stage 10 (the filling and mashed potato must be cold before adding the prawns and add 10 minutes to the cooking time in stage 11.
Will leftovers be nice? Yes, for up to 2 days.

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