Smoked fish pie: A great comfort food recipe for the whole family

Summer is here and fish is fresher than ever. There are so many great ways to prepare your favourite fish but sometimes you want something simple and comforting. Our smoked fish pie is great for the cool spring evenings and gives you one more way to add healthy fish to your plate. This creamy recipe, topped with beautiful mashed potatoes, is an old-school recipe with a modern twist.

Smoked fish pie tips

You can get deboned and smoked fish at your local butcher so that you don’t have to do it. When thickening the sauce, it’s very similar to making a white sauce, also known as bechamel, a creamy French sauce made with flour, butter and milk. However, you can use the poaching liquid instead of just milk which will have lots of flavour. When you’ve added the mashed potatoes, score it with a fork all over so that you have some crisped potato bits for texture.

Looking for some comfort food with a twist? Our smoked fish pie is a combination of fantastic smoked flavours and crispy potatoes for the whole family.

Smoked fish pie recipe

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Recipe by Gary Dunn Course: Recipes

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

30

minutes

Total time

45

minutes

Ingredients

• 780 g haddock

• 4 smoked kippers

• 1 bay leaf

• 1 tbsp butter

• 1 cup milk

• 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped

• 1 tsp capers

• 3 tsp parsley

• 1 tbsp lemon juice

• Mashed potato topping

• mashed potatoes

• mlk

• nutmeg

• butter

• 125 ml sour cream

Method

• Poach the haddock, kippers and one bay leaf with a tablespoon of butter.
• Pour over a cup of milk
• Bake at 200°C for 15-20 minutes. Then remove the liquid and skins, setting the liquid aside.
• Flake the fish into large pieces.
• Thicken the poaching liquid with corn starch until the sauce coats the back of a spoon with a relatively thick layer.
• Mix the mixture with the fish.
• Add chopped eggs, capers, parsley and lemon juice.
• Place in a buttered dish.
• Make mashed potatoes and flavour with milk, butter and sour cream.
• Bake again at 200°C for 30 minutes.

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