Fantastic Fish Pie

Name: Fantastic Fish Pie
Ingredients: 5 large potatoes, peeled and diced; 2 eggs; 2 large handfuls of fresh spinach; 1 onion, finely chopped; 1 carrot, halved and finely chopped; 1 little extra-virgin olive oil; 1 1/4 cups of heavy cream; 2 good handfuls of grated cheddar cheese; juice of 1 lemon; 1 heaped tsp English mustard or French will do; 1 pound haddock, cod or other white fish, skinned, boned and sliced into strips; salt and pepper

12 ingredients

21 steps

Ingredients

5 large potatoes, peeled and diced
2 eggs
2 large handfuls of fresh spinach
1 onion, finely chopped
1 carrot, halved and finely chopped
1 little extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/4 cups of heavy cream
2 good handfuls of grated cheddar cheese
juice of 1 lemon
1 heaped tsp English mustard or French will do
1 pound haddock, cod or other white fish, skinned, boned and sliced into strips
salt and pepper

Directions

1

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
2

Put the potatoes into a pan of salted, boiling water.
3

Bring back to the boil for 10 minutes.
4

At the same time, hard boil the 2 eggs.
5

Steam the spinach in a colander over the pan that has the potatoes.
6

This will only take about a minute.
7

When the spinach is done, remove from the colander and squeeze out excess water.
8

Remove the eggs from pan.
9

Cool under cold water and peel and quarter them.
10

Put to one side.
11

Drain the potatoes in the colander.
12

In a separate pan, slow-fry the onions and carrots in a little olive oil for about 8-10 minutes.
13

Add the cream and bring just to a boil.
14

Remove from the heat and add the Cheddar cheese, lemon juice, and mustard.
15

Put the spinach, fish and eggs in an decent sized casserole dish with a lid and mix together.
16

Pour over this mixture the creamy vegetable sauce.
17

Mash the cooked potatoes - adding a bit of olive oil, salt and pepper.
18

Spread the potatoes on top of the fish.
19

Place in the oven for 25 - 30 minutes.
20

Bake at 450 degrees.
21

I served this fish pie with a loaf of fresh Italian bread and a homemade Cheddar cheese soup found on this site.