Luxury Fish Pie With Cheesy Potato Rösti Topping Recipes

Steps:

• Place cod in a single layer in a non stick pan, add the spring onions and milk and poach for about 10 minutes depending on the thickness of the fish.
• Drain cod and reserve liquid and spring onions. Flake fish, remove any bones and place into a greased casserole dish with the spring onions and top with the boiled egg.
• Melt butter in pan used for poaching fish (who needs more dirty dishes!?), stir in flour and cook over a low heat until mixture bubbles for a minute or so (don't brown), gradually add reserved poaching liquid stirring constantly until it boils and thickens, season with salt and pepper.
• Pour over fish and eggs, cover with mashed potato and top with grated cheese.
• Bake at 220 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes until browned on top.

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 7/425°F/220°C.
• You will need a baking dish about 5 cm deep of 2 litre capacity, well buttered.
• Start off by boiling the potatoes, with skin on, in a saucepan with enough salted water.
• Once boiled though, strain off the water and cover them with a clean tea towel to absorb the steam.
• Meanwhile, heat the stock in a medium saucepan, add the bay leaf and season it well.
• Then cut the fish in half, if they are large pieces, add it to the saucepan and poach the fish gently for 5 minutes (it should be slightly undercooked).
• Using a draining spoon, remove the fish to a plate and strain the liquid through a sieve into a bowl.
• In the same pan you cooked the fish in, melt in the butter, whisk in the flour and cook for 2 minutes.
• Then gradually add the strained fish stock little at a time, whisking all the time.
• When you have a smooth sauce, turn the heat to its lowest setting and let the sauce gently cook for 5 minutes.
• Then whisk in the double cream, followed by the gherkins and chopped parsley.
• Give it all a good seasoning and remove it from the heat.
• Now to make the rösti, peel the potatoes and, using the coarse side of a grater, grate them into long shreds into a bowl.
• Then add the melted butter and lightly toss everything together using 2 forks so that the potatoes get a good coat of butter.
• Now remove the skin from the white fish and divide it into chunks, quite large if possible, and combine the fish with the sauce.
• Next, add the raw scallops and prawns to the fish mixture then spoon it into the prepared baking dish.
• Sprinkle the rösti on top, spreading it out as evenly as possible but not pressing it down too firmly.
• Finish it off by scattering the grated cheese all over the surface.
• Bake on a high shelf of the oven for 35-40 minutes until golden brown.
• If you would like to make the fish pie in advance, then you will have to let the sauce cool down completely before adding the fish, scallops and prawns. After you have spread the topping, cover the dish loosely with clingfilm and refrigerate it until you're ready to bake. But you will have to give it an extra 10 minutes of cooking time.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°/gas 4.
• Melt butter in large pan.
• Add onion; sauté.
• Stir in flour & cook for about 30 secs before gradually adding milk.
• Bring to a simmer & cook for a couple of minutes until you have a smooth thick sauce.
• Stir in the white fish, prawns,smoked salmon. scallops, dill/parsley lemon zest & juice.
• Add salt & pepper at this stage if needed.
• Once the sauce is bubbling & the cod is starting to flake a little, remove from the heat.
• Spoon into a large 1.5 - 1.8 ltr pie dish OR 4 individual dishes.
• Leave to cool whilst preparing the topping.
• TOPPING:.
• Coarsely grate the sweet potato.
• Place in a clean tea towel & squeeze out the excess water.
• Melt the butter in a pan & add the potato.
• Stir over a medium heat for a couple of minutes until the potato is coated in Butter & starting to soften.
• Scatter the potato over the top of the pie, leaving a rough topping rather than pressing it down.
• Sprinkle over the grated cheese.
• Place on a baking tray and bake for 30 mins until the top is golden and the filling is starting to bubble over the edges.
• Serve with garlic bread & salad of choice.

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 190c.
• Cut up the potatoes, and boil in lightly salted water until tender; drain, add the butter, sour cream and milk, mash until smooth, seasoning with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, melt the extra butter in a saucepan, and saute the chopped onion until soft-about 5 minutes.
• Add the flour and cook over low heat about 2 minutes before adding the extra milk and wine.
• Bring to the boil and stir until thickened.
• remove from the heat and add the fish, corn, peas, capers, lemon juice, dill, parsley and salt and pepper.
• Mix well, then fold the egg quarters through very gently.
• Pour into a large casserole dish, top with the mashed potatoes, then sprinkle over the grated cheese.
• Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes or until the filling is bubbling, and the top golden brown.

Steps:

• Prep the fish pie:.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. and bring a large pan of salted water to boil.
• Peel the potatoes and cut into 3/4 inch chunks.
• Once the water is boiling, add the potatoes and cook for about 12 minutes, until soft. (stick a knife or fork into them to test).
• Meanwhile, grate the carrot, celery and cheddar cheese right into a large, deep baking dish. Add the zest of the lemon, chile and parsley.
• Cook and serve the fish pie:.
• Cut the salmon and cod, or finnan haddie, into bite-sized chunks and add to the pan with the shrimp.
• Squeeze the juice from the zested lemon (take out seeds) and drizzle with approximately 1 T. olive oil, use your judgement. Add a good pinch of salt and pepper.
• *If you want to add spinach and/or tomatoes, do so now.
• Mix everything together well.
• By now the potoates should be cooked, so drain them in a colander and return them to the pan. Drizzle with some olive oil, aprrox. 2 T. using your judgement, and add a pinch of salt and pepper. Mash until smooth.
• Spread the mashed potoates evenly over the top of the fish and grated veggies.
• Put in your preheated oven and cook for about 40 minutes, or until cooked through, crispy and golden on the top.
• Serve it up!