Fish pie
This is a fantastically simple fish pie which doesn't involve poaching the fish or making a tedious white sauce. Loads of good, fragrant veg are added quickly by grating them in. You can use whatever fish you like, making this as luxurious as you want it to be. If you like your fish pie to be creamy, feel free to add a few tablespoons of crème fraîche to the fish. PS Some of the supermarkets now offer lovely packs of different fish and shellfish for using in fish pies. Keep a look-out, and if you buy one you want it to be about 700–750g in weight for this recipe.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Salmon | 100g cooked | 208 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Cheddar Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 113 |
| Haddock | 100g cooked | 112 |
| Shrimp | 100g cooked | 99 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Spinach | 1 cup raw (30g) | 7 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Celery | 1 stalk (40g) | 6 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 kg potatoes
- 1 carrot
- 2 sticks celery
- 150 g good-quality Cheddar cheese
- 1 lemon
- ½ fresh red chilli
- 4 sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 300 g salmon fillets, from
- , ask your fishmonger, skin off and bones removed
- 300 g undyed smoked haddock fillets, from
- , ask your fishmonger, skin off and bones removed
- 125 g raw peeled king prawns, from
- , ask your fishmonger
- olive oil
- 1 good handful spinach, chopped, optional
- 2 ripe tomatoes, quartered, optional