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2010 Cooking Club Week 16: Fish Pie

  • 19-04-2010 10:27AM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,142 ✭✭✭


    Hope you like this one, it's very easy and tasty!

    You'll need:
    1 small carrot
    1 small onion
    1 pot of cream (250ml I think?)
    Handful of grated strong cheddar cheese
    Parsley

    150g smoked fish
    150g white fish
    Baby potatoes
    Cherry tomatoes
    Frozen peas

    - Par boil the spuds until just about cooked. I usually have them in bite sized chunks.
    - Meanwhile finely dice the carrot & onion and soften in butter/oil over a lowish heat.
    - Add the cream to the onion & carrot and bring to a simmer. Add in grated cheese and parsley.
    - Cut fish into chunks and arrange in oven dish with potatoes and cherry tomatoes. You can add in some frozen peas here too, if you wish.
    - Pour over the cream mixture and make sure everything gets a good coating.
    - Bake in oven for about 30 mins at 180 deg. I usually take it out about half way and give it a turnaround to make sure everything is coated nicely.

    Serve with lots of crusty bread for moppage! And a simple green salad goes well too.

    This will serve about 2/3. We will usually make good work of it between the two of us :) Don't have the dish swimming in the sauce, it just doesn't work! And you can pop more cheese on top after the mid-cooking turnaround for extra cheezyness.

    I'll post pics tomrw!


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Comments

  • Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,661 ✭✭✭✭John Mason


    thanks OP, but i think i will opt of this one, cant think of a fish substitute :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17 MaryDub


    Sounds great!! MMMmmmm


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,150 ✭✭✭✭Malari


    Made a fish pie only last week, but totally different type of recipe! Will give this a shot the next time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,176 ✭✭✭angeldelight


    I'm going to make this tonight, have cod and smoked coley


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,176 ✭✭✭angeldelight


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    it was really really tasty - not very pie like, but gorgeous!!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,142 ✭✭✭olaola



    it was really really tasty - not very pie like, but gorgeous!!

    I suppose it's not really a pie. I prefer the potato in chunks, so I don't mash them for the top. But that looks exactly how it should turn out. Oo... getting hungry now!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,878 ✭✭✭arse..biscuits


    irishbird wrote: »
    thanks OP, but i think i will opt of this one, cant think of a fish substitute :)

    Works well with chicken and rashers too.

    I always use white fish, smoked fish and salmon. The salmon really adds to the flavour.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    Works well with chicken and rashers too.

    I always use white fish, smoked fish and salmon. The salmon really adds to the flavour.

    thanks - but the whole vegetarian thing doesnt allow chicken and rashers:o

    EDIT - THIS IS IRISHBIRD NOT DES - HEAVEN FORBID


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,142 ✭✭✭olaola


    Waiting for the husband to come home from the pub (via the shops) for the final ingredients

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    Just before I pop it into the oven

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    Before I devour it!

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    And Holly enjoying the dish (don't worry - we use a dishwasher!)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭Little Alex


    Hi olaola

    Just made this now and had it. It was lovely. Thank you.

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    Nice dog, by the way! :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


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    it was really really tasty - not very pie like, but gorgeous!!

    You can't really do a pie in a metallic oven tray? Can you? Though like you said I suppose it's not really a pie. More a fish bake sort of thing.

    EDIT: Might actually give your recipe a bash olaola, since it's quite different to how I would normally think of a fishpie.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,662 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    That looks like a glass dish rather than a metallic oven tray!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,142 ✭✭✭olaola


    aidan24326 wrote: »

    EDIT: Might actually give your recipe a bash olaola, since it's quite different to how I would normally think of a fishpie.

    I suppose you could mash the spuds and pop them on top if you preferred. There is a good bit of flavour in relation to the amount of prep you have to do. 'Bang for your buck' as I like to say!


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,449 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr Magnolia


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    Yet another dish I'll be doing again. Thanks olaola.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,056 ✭✭✭applehunter


    Tried this today.

    Tesco are selling fish pie packs including Salmon, cod and smoked haddock.

    I'd give my effort a 6/10. Maybe I'll throw in a splash of white wine next time because it lacked a bit of flavour. Maybe the fish combinations were off???


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,449 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr Magnolia


    Fish needs plenty of seasoning, my dish got a good twist of salt and pepper before the sauce went on, perhaps this is where it was lacking?

    Could have been down to the fish though....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,150 ✭✭✭✭Malari


    Olaola, do you think it would work with creme fraiche or should I just go the whole hog, not worry about the health thing and go for the cream cause it will taste way better?

    (there's a clue in the question :p)


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,662 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Malari, I've substituted creme fraiche for cream in a few things recently and I've always been disappointed. Go with the cream!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,142 ✭✭✭olaola


    Malari wrote: »
    Olaola, do you think it would work with creme fraiche or should I just go the whole hog, not worry about the health thing and go for the cream cause it will taste way better?

    (there's a clue in the question :p)

    I've tried doing it with milk, milk and cream, light cream and creme fraiche.
    It's has split nearly everytime I've done it. So now I just do it with cream - you could use a roux I suppose to thicken milk? I've never done it like that though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,150 ✭✭✭✭Malari


    olaola wrote: »
    I've tried doing it with milk, milk and cream, light cream and creme fraiche.
    It's has split nearly everytime I've done it. So now I just do it with cream - you could use a roux I suppose to thicken milk? I've never done it like that though.

    I normally make a roux when I do fish pie, but want to try your recipe this time, so cream it is!

    Will report back tomorrow.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,142 ✭✭✭olaola


    Malari wrote: »
    I normally make a roux when I do fish pie, but want to try your recipe this time, so cream it is!

    Will report back tomorrow.

    It really tastes the best with cream. In my pics there are a little too many spuds - I just emptied the pack in! But you'll get the ratios right yourself when you're looking. When it all goes right - the sauce gets creamy and it's very tasty. I don't season it myself, as the smoked fish is enough.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,150 ✭✭✭✭Malari


    Very tasty! When I said I was making fish pie, my boyfriend was expecting something totally different, but he liked it. It's probably a little rich, with the cream, but every so often what harm, eh? ;) And there were plenty of vegetables in it to make up for that!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Dinkie


    Hi,

    Made this last week... meant to post.

    It was really nice. I mashed the potato (and 1 sweet potato) and put it on top (as I prefer it that way) and put in leek instead of carrot as I don't like carrot. Think I also added in some parsley and some mustard.

    Our local fishmonger sells a fish mix so used that with some prawns.

    Thanks Olaola - will def be making this again.

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    Served it with samphire (as I saw it when buying the fish).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭hattoncracker


    Will definitely try this! Sorry for resurrecting old threads but I have a fish mix in the freezer that I will be using for.this! :)


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,662 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Sorry for resurrecting old threads

    This is one forum when you're welcome (and encouraged!) to resurrect any threads you like! :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭hattoncracker


    Thankies! :) my new years resolution is to make everything from the cooking club... I hope I live up to the wonderful dishes when I post in april! :)


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 19,355 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    And welcome on board. ^^


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,821 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    Fish pie in the oven.
    Used cream and a dash of white wine. Carrot, mushroom , garlic, red pepper and onion. Not sure how that combination will pan out. Put plenty of butter into the mash and nice bit of salt and ground pepper.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,176 ✭✭✭angeldelight


    Had this again tonight (again as in first time since 2010) and wondered why we don't have it more regularly, delish!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 551 ✭✭✭Polka_Dot


    Decided to make a fish pie tonight, based it off this recipe. I made a few changes - I cooked the fish in the cream sauce for a few minutes before adding to the oven dish, left out the cherry tomatoes and made a mashed potato topping (which got a bit swallowed up by the sauce!) It was lovely :)


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