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Easy Fish Pie, delicious

A delicious easy and creamy fish pie - full of flavour!
Course Main
Cuisine English
Keyword afternoon tea, Easter, Easter fish pie, Easy fish pie, fish, fish pie
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 725kcal

Ingredients

  • 6 large potatoes peeled and diced into 1-inch squares
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 eggs free-range
  • 1 onion finely chopped
  • 1 -2 carrots finely chopped
  • Glug of olive oil
  • 285 ml double cream / or Elmlea Double
  • 2 large handfuls of grated mature Cheddar save a bit for the top
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 heaped teaspoon English mustard optional
  • 1 handful flat-leaf parsley finely chopped and a few snipped chives if you like
  • 450 g fresh fish - haddock cod etc skin removed, deboned and cut into chunks

Instructions

  • Preheat oven - Gas 8 /230C/ 450F
  • Put the potatoes into salted boiling water and bring to a boil for 2 minutes.
  • Carefully add the eggs to the pan and cook for a further 8 minutes until hard boiled, by which time the potatoes should also be cooked.
  • Drain the potatoes. Remove the eggs, cool under cold water, then peel and quarter them. Place to one side.
  • In a separate pan slowly fry the onion and carrot in a little olive oil for about 10 minutes, then add the double cream and bring just to a boil. Remove from the heat and add the cheese, lemon juice, mustard, and parsley. If its a little thick add a dash of milk.
  • Put the fish and the quartered boiled eggs into a large earthenware dish and mix together, pouring over the creamy vegetable sauce.
  • Drain the cooked potatoes and mash, together with salt and pepper.
  • Spread the potato on top of the fish mixture. Sprinkle with the rest of the grated cheese
  • Place dish on a baking tray (it will boil out) Bake in the oven for about 30 - 35 minutes until the potatoes are golden.

Notes

*** All nutritional information is approximate and intended as a guide 

Nutrition

Calories: 725kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 44g | Saturated Fat: 23g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 266mg | Sodium: 484mg | Potassium: 1546mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1487IU | Vitamin C: 53mg | Calcium: 289mg | Iron: 3mg