Ive just bought some fish pie mix but i dont know how to cook it, could someone help me out

Question

its got salmon smoked haddock and cod in it, it doesnt tell me on the pack either,

thanks in advance

Answer 1

google fish pie, there are lots of recipes to choose from.

I lightly cook mine - in milk (bring just to boiling point, switch off heat).  drain, make the milk into a white sauce with butter and flour, pepper, lemon juice, chopped parsley to taste.  Pour over the fish, gently mix.

Meanwhile boil and mash some potatoes, spread over fish.  Bake at 400 degrees gas mark 6 for about half an hour.

Some people add cheese or peas to the mash - personal taste.

I usually put sliced tomatoes on top before baking.

Happy eating.

Answer 2

Maybe you can incorporate it into my recipe for fish pie. Next time, don't waste your money on a packet of mix, and try the real thing.

FISH PIE

Serves 2

INGREDIENTS

375g of old potatoes*

1 onion

250ml of water

¼ of a teaspoon of salt

250ml of milk

350g of white fish**

2 tablespoons of butter

3 tablespoons of flour

½ a tablespoon of parsley

Salt and ground pepper to taste

½ a tablespoon of butter

½ a tablespoon of milk

Ground pepper to taste

METHOD

Peel the potatoes and chop them into quarters. Peel the onion and chop it into tiny pieces.

Put the water and salt into a saucepan on a medium heat. Add the potatoes. Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat until it is just boiling (simmering). Put the lid on the saucepan and cook for 20 to 25 minutes until soft. Check the water level from time to time and top up if it starts to dry out.

While the potatoes are cooking, put the 250ml of milk, fish and onion into a frying pan on a medium heat. Cook for about 10 minutes until the fish is firm and opaque.

Strain the milk through a sieve or colander into a bowl. Put the fish and onion onto a plate. Break the fish into small pieces. Throw away the skin and bones.

Drain the potatoes and mash with the ½ a tablespoon of butter and the ½ a tablespoon of milk until it is smooth and lump free. Season with the pepper.

Put the 2 tablespoons of butter into the saucepan the fish was cooked in on a medium heat. Melt the butter. Add the flour and cook for a minute, stirring all the time. Take off the heat. Add the milk the fish was cooked in a bit at a time. Stir each time to make sure it is smooth. When all the milk has been added, put the pan back on the heat. Bring to the boil. Keep stirring. Turn down the heat until it is just boiling (simmering). Cook for 2 minutes, stirring all the time.

Add the fish, onions and parsley and stir. Season with the pepper.

Put the fish mixture into an ovenproof dish. Level off the surface. Put the mashed potato on top. Spread to cover the fish mixture. Make artistic swirls in the mashed potato. This increases the surface area and makes the top crisper.

Cook in a preheated oven at 200°C, 400°F, gas mark 6 for about 30 minutes until golden on top.

ADDITIONS & ALTERNATIVES

Use a packet of white or parsley sauce mix according to the instructions on the packet, but substituting some of the liquid for the milk the fish was cooked in.

Use 100g of cooked prawns instead of 100g of the fish and add them to the fish mixture when you assemble the pie.

Add a chopped hard-boiled egg to the fish mixture when you assemble the pie.

Sprinkle 50g of grated Cheddar cheese on top of the potato, or even into it as it being mashed.

TIPS

The trick with the sauce is to keep stirring.

* New potatoes make rubbish mashed potato. Use old ones like King Edward’s or Desiree Reds.

** Use cod, coley, haddock, hake, ling, plaice, pollack or whiting fillets. I like to include some smoked and/or dyed fish, because the smoked fish makes it taste nicer and the dyed fish makes it look prettier.

Answer 3

Place fish in pan and cover with milk, season and gently poach for approx. 5 mins. Remove fish from liquor and place in an ovenproof dish, to make sauce melt 2oz butter add 2oz plain flour and cook out roux, slowly add cooking liquor to roux, add chopped parsley and pour over fish.

Either cover fish with creamed potatoes or pastry - fish pie