This is from Mary Berry. You can use any combo of white fish, or a combo including salmon or smoked fish. I like to add prawns and hard-boiled egg too. Here’s how to make a very generous pie for two. Firstly make your sauce base:
- 25g butter
- 25g plain flour
Melt the butter in a sucepan and stir in the flour. Heat a bit more then add
- 250ml milk
Heat and stir until the milk thickens to a sauce. Add
- 2 tbs mayonnaise
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp chopped dill
- 1 tsp chopped chives or parseley
- Juice of half a lemon
- 25g cheddar cheese grated
Mix well. If you have raw fish in your mix :
- 250g fish pieces
Add to the sauce and continue cooking for a couple of minutes. If it is cooked fish then go straight on without needing to cook the raw fish in the sauce. Add:
- Handful of cooked prawns
- season with salt and pepper
Now put
- 2 hard-boiled eggs, quartered
in a pie dish, and then pour over the fish and sauce mix. Now make the topping:
- 100g fresh breadcrumbs
- 50g butter, melted
- 30g porrige oats
- 1 tsp chopped chives or parsley
- 1 tsp chopped dill
- 25g cheddar cheese grated
Mix in a bowl until it looks even and crumbly. Sprinkle over the pie mix to make a crumbly topping. Bake in a pre-heated oven 180C Fan/200C conventional for about 25 minutes until it is bubbling and crispy brown on top (like the picture). Serve with a green veg.