Smoked Fish Pie
Great comfort food or alternatively serve with a fresh summer salad.
A yummy mix of smoked seafood, white fish, salmon, and mussels!
Ingredients
- 500-600g mixed smoked fish (salmon and white Warehou is perfect)
- 15-20 small smoked mussels
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 onion
- 3 cloves
- 500ml milk
- 150ml white wine
- 50g butter
- 4 Tbsp flour
- 5 Tbsp flat leaf parsley
- Freshly grated nutmeg
- Sea salt and white pepper to taste
- 1kg Agria potatoes
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C.
- Cut the onion into chunks and stud cloves into a couple of the chunks.
- Place the onions into a pan with the milk, bay leaves, and bring to simmer.
- Remove the skin from the fish, and add to the pan, and let it simmer for 15 minutes then remove fish.
- When the fish is cool, flake and put in a large flat ovenproof dish.
- De beard the mussels and add to the rest of the fish.
- Peel and chop the potatoes and boil until tender.
- Mash well with milk, butter, salt, and pepper to get a smooth spreadable texture.
- Melt the butter in a pan and whisk in the flour, and cook over low heat for 5 minutes.
- Add the milk from the other mixture slowly and, whisking until smooth.
- Add the wine, grated nutmeg, and season to taste.
- Stir through the chopped parsley and pour mixture over the fish.
- Then top with the mashed potatoes and bake until golden brown – about 10 minutes.