Seafood Pie with Cheesy Mash

Name: Seafood Pie with Cheesy Mash
Yield: Serves 6–8
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 1 tbsp chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 2 tbsp crème fraîche; 150 ml (¼ pint) dry white wine; 75 g (3 oz) plain flour; sea salt and freshly ground white pepper; 2 heaped tbsp toasted breadcrumbs; 150 g (5 oz) cooked peeled prawns; 200 g (7 oz) baby spinach; buttered peas, to serve; sea salt and freshly ground white pepper; 350 g (12 oz) haddock, skin on and pin bones removed; 350 g (12 oz) natural smoked cod, skin on and pin bones removed; 1 large bay leaf; 1.2 kg (2 lb 10 oz) potatoes; 350 g (12 oz) salmon fillets, skin on and pin bones removed; 900 ml (1 ½ pints) milk; 225 g (8 oz) leeks, thinly sliced; 1 small onion, thinly sliced; 150 g (5 oz) mature Cheddar cheese, grated; 50 g (2 oz) butter, plus extra for greasing

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Nation's Favourite Food

By Neven Maguire

Published 2013

About

Fish pie is a real staple of Irish family cooking and everyone has their own way of making it. This is my version, which everyone always seems to enjoy. Don’t use too much smoked cod or you will find the flavour to be too overpowering.

Ingredients

350 g (12 oz) haddock, skin on and pin bones removed
350 g (12

Europe
Ireland
Fish course
Pescatarian
Pie

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F/gas mark 6). Butter a 2.4 litre (4 pint) ovenproof dish that’s about 5cm (2in) deep.

Remove any stray pin bones from the haddock, smoked cod and salmon and season generously, then place in a shallow pan with the milk and bay leaf. Bring to the b