Pacific Pie

12 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 675 g small potatoes, unpeeled
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 250 g leeks, finely sliced
  • 115 g mushrooms, finely sliced
  • 450 450 g cod or 450 g haddock, skinned
  • 600 ml milk
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 175 g prawns, cooked and peeled or 175 g mussels
  • 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
  • 3 tablespoons plain flour
  • 200 g cheddar cheese, grated
  • salt and pepper

Directions

  1. 1
    Slice the potatoes into thick slices, and cook in a large saucepan of boiling salted water for 5 minutes then drain well.
  2. 2
    Put the oil and leeks in a frying pan and cook over a low heat for 2-3 minutes until soft, add the mushrooms and cook for a further 2 minutes.
  3. 3
    Place the fish in a saucepan and cover with a little milk, bring to a simmer and poach for 5 minutes until tender, drain but reserve the poaching milk!
  4. 4
    Use a little of the butter to grease the baking dish. Flake the fish and place in the dish with the leeks, mushrooms and prawns/mussels and scatter over the parsley.
  5. 5
    Preheatthe oven to 200 degrees C / 400 degrees F / Gas 6.
  6. 6
    In the same saucepan, make a white sauce by melting the remaining butter and adding in the flour, stir well and cook over a low heat for 2-3 minutes. Remove from the heat and gradually stir in the remaining milk, beating well after each addition.
  7. 7
    When all the milk has been added and the sauce is smooth, return the saucepan to the heat, stirring continously until thickened. Cook for a further 2-3 minutes then add 100g of the cheese and season to taste.
  8. 8
    Pour half the sauce over the fish, arrange the potato slices on top and cover with the remaining sauce.
  9. 9
    Sprinkle over the remaining cheese and cook on a baking sheet in the centre of a preheated oven for 45 minutes until golden brown.
  10. 10
    Then serve!

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