Fish pie with mushrooms. The fish is first poached with the mushrooms, then topped with mashed potato and baked in the oven. If you cannot find the specialty mushrooms specified in the ingredients, use field mushrooms or your favourite variety of mushrooms. Spoon the mashed potatoes over the fish mixture, spreading the potato evenly, right to the edge of the dish. Make a fish and vegetable pie. Fish pie with mushrooms Good for using up leftover fish or mashed potatoes.
I like to make this with shellfish too sometimes.
You could add other herbs and vegetables if you want to try variations.
Gradually add the reserved fish liquid to the pan with stirring.
You can cook Fish pie with mushrooms using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Fish pie with mushrooms
- Prepare 500-600 g of fish (cod, salmon, shellfish...).
- It's 6 of medium mushrooms.
- You need of For Mashed Potatoes (or used leftovers):.
- You need 600-700 g of potatoes.
- Prepare 25 g of butter.
- It's 120 ml of milk.
- Prepare to taste of salt & pepper.
- You need of For Cream Sauce:.
- It's 20 g of butter.
- You need 300-350 ml of milk.
- Prepare handful of chopped chives.
- Prepare handful of chopped parsley.
- Prepare 2 tsp of thyme.
- It's 3 Tbsp of plain flour.
Bring the sauce back to the boil. Once it boils, turn off the heat and stir in the parsley and lemon juice. Put the fish and mushroom mixture into a casserole dish. Pour on the sauce and top off with the mashed potato.
Fish pie with mushrooms step by step
- Boil potatoes with the skin on until soft. Drain and let cool until you can touch..
- Return potatoes to the pot and mash them. Heat on low to evaporate any extra water..
- Add the 25 g butter and 120 ml milk, mix in some salt & pepper to taste. Set aside..
- Preheat oven to 200°C..
- If using fresh fish, boil it for 5 minutes. Drain and let it cool, remove any bones or skin..
- Flake the fish into small pieces. Distribute in a baking dish..
- For the cream sauce: In a small pot, melt the 20 g butter on low and gradually mix in the flour so it turns into a paste. Gradually pour in 300-350 ml milk and whisk well. Add the chopped herbs and some salt & pepper..
- Pour the creamy sauce over the fish in the oven dish..
- Add mushrooms (you might want to saute them in butter beforehand)..
- Spread the mashed potatoes over top everything..
- Bake at 200C for 20-30 minutes until bubbling and a bit brown..
Flake the fish, discarding the skin and any bones. Stir the fish, reserved onion, prawns, mushrooms, drained pasta shells and chopped parsley into the sauce, and season with pepper. Return the mixture to the casserole dish. Spoon the mashed potatoes over the fish mixture, spreading the potato evenly, right to the edge of the dish. Lay the fish in a large frying pan and pour over the milk.