The Ultimate Fish Pie

Ingredients

Ingredients For the potato topping
  • 1.5kg/3lb 5oz potatoes (such as King Edwards, Maris Piper or Estima)

  • salt and white pepper

  • butter, to taste

  • 100g/3½oz grated gruyère cheese

For the poaching broth
  • 1 litre/1 pint 15fl oz fish stock

  • 4 tbsp dry vermouth

  • 1 onion, roughly chopped

  • 1 small bulb of fennel, cored and chopped

  • 1 small carrot, chopped

  • 1 small stick of celery, chopped

  • 1 bay leaf

  • pinch saffron

For the fish
  • 750g/1lb 10oz white fish (such as haddock, hake, sea bass or halibut)

  • 250g/9oz smoked haddock

  • 200g/7oz salmon

  • 120g/4oz raw prawns

For the parsley sauce
  • 75g/2½oz unsalted butter

  • 75g/2½oz plain flour

  • 150ml/5fl oz full-fat milk

  • large handful parsley, finely chopped

  • 150ml/5fl oz double cream

  • salt and white pepper

To assemble the pie
  • butter, to grease the dish

  • 125g/4½oz leaf spinach

  • 4 hard-boiled eggs

  • 25g/1oz ciabatta crumbs

  • 25g/1oz grated parmesan cheese

Description

This Posh Fish Pie Combines Smoked Haddock, Salmon And Prawns, Homemade Parsley Sauce And A Cheesy Mashed Potato Topping.

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