Smoked Trout Fish Pies Recipes

Steps:

• Boil the potatoes in salted water for 20 mins until tender. Drain, then mash with the green from the onion, the butter, milk and plenty of seasoning until smooth and lump-free.
• Pour the milk into a pan and add the butter and flour. Cook over a medium heat, whisking until the sauce is bubbling and thickened. Stir in the white parts of the onion, then bubble again for a min. Cool for about 5 mins, stirring frequently, then add the egg yolks, dill and smoked salmon. Season to taste.
• Divide the pollock between 8 x 300ml pie dishes or ramekins. Scatter over the prawns, stir then spoon over the smoked salmon sauce. Top each pie with mash, then cover and chill until ready to cook. They will keep in the fridge overnight.
• Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Put the pies on baking sheets, then bake for 30 mins until bubbling and starting to turn golden. Serve with the broccoli (below).

Steps:

• Melt butter over a low heat.
• Add flour and salt n pepper and cook until it resembles bread crumbs.
• Remove from heat and add cream and milk gradually stirring between each addition with a whisk.
• Put back onto heat and stir until thick.
• Saute' onion in a little olive oil, add curry powder and cook until onion is clear and curry is aromatic.
• Chop dill finely and add onion, curry, dill and parsley to white sauce.
• Flake up fish and add to sauce, fold in gently and put into pie dish.
• Lightly mash together Kumara, garlic and salt n pepper.
• Lay evenly over fish and sauce, sprinkle grated cheese on top then bread crumbs and top with a sprinkle of paprika.
• Bake at 170 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Remove the trout flesh from the bones, and set aside in a bowl.
• Place the bones into a medium sized saucepan and pour over cold water to half-fill the pan and bring to the boil for 10 minutes to make stock.
• Meanwhile, heat butter and boil in a frying pan over low heat and sauté the capsicum/bell pepper and fennel bulb until soft.
• Strain the stock into a jug, you need approximately 300 ml.
• Add the stock to the capsicum/bell pepper and fennel and simmer until it has reduced by half.
• Add the cream and trout and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add the dill, lime zest and juice and cook a further 2 minutes.
• Place the trout mixture into one pie dish or two individual dishes.
• Tear the bread into pieces and place on a baking tray and place in the oven until golden brown on a low heat (about 150C) until they are dried out and scatter the toasted bread pieces on top of the pie and sprinkle with parmesan.
• Cook under a preheat grill/broiler for 2 minutes until golden and cheese is melted.
• Top with dill and fennel fronds.

Steps:

• Butter 3 pie dishes.
• Cut the potatoes into even sized pieces and boil until tender. Drain and mash with a tablespoon of butter and some milk, season with salt and pepper - set aside.
• Meanwhile, place the cleaned fish in a baking dish, tucking the bay leaves inside the fish and add the 2 table spoons of water. Cover tightly with foil and bake in a moderate oven until just done. (my fish tend to be big and take about 30 mins).
• Take the fish from the oven and let cool in the tin still covered in the foil. When cool, remove skin and bones and flake the fish in large flakes evenly into the 3 buttered pie dishes.
• Make the sauce by taking the milk and the juices from the fish and put these into a sauce pan with the spinach and parsley. Add 2 desert spoons of slaked (with milk) cornflour to thicken and salt and pepper to season.
• Cook for a couple of minutes until the sauce has thickened then pour over the fish in each pie dish.
• Top each pie with mashed potato and bake in a moderate oven intil golden brown on top. (about 35 -40 mins depending on size of pies).
• Each pie serves 2 very hungry people.
• Serve with additional vegies if liked.