Easiest Way to Cook Appetizing Fish pie with mushrooms

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. Fish pie with mushrooms Good for using up leftover fish or mashed potatoes.

Fish pie with mushrooms A simple fish pie can be transformed into a feast by the addition of prawns and mushrooms. Serve with a colourful medley of steamed vegetables, such as sugarsnap peas, carrots and baby corn. Gradually add the reserved fish liquid to the pan with stirring. You can have Fish pie with mushrooms using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Fish pie with mushrooms

  1. It's 500-600 g of fish (cod, salmon, shellfish...).
  2. It's 6 of medium mushrooms.
  3. Prepare of For Mashed Potatoes (or used leftovers):.
  4. You need 600-700 g of potatoes.
  5. Prepare 25 g of butter.
  6. Prepare 120 ml of milk.
  7. It's to taste of salt & pepper.
  8. Prepare of For Cream Sauce:.
  9. You need 20 g of butter.
  10. You need 300-350 ml of milk.
  11. It's handful of chopped chives.
  12. Prepare handful of chopped parsley.
  13. Prepare 2 tsp of thyme.
  14. You need 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 instructions

  1. Boil potatoes with the skin on until soft. Drain and let cool until you can touch..
  2. Return potatoes to the pot and mash them. Heat on low to evaporate any extra water..
  3. Add the 25 g butter and 120 ml milk, mix in some salt & pepper to taste. Set aside..
  4. Preheat oven to 200°C..
  5. If using fresh fish, boil it for 5 minutes. Drain and let it cool, remove any bones or skin..
  6. Flake the fish into small pieces. Distribute in a baking dish..
  7. 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..
  8. Pour the creamy sauce over the fish in the oven dish..
  9. Add mushrooms (you might want to saute them in butter beforehand)..
  10. Spread the mashed potatoes over top everything..
  11. Bake at 200C for 20-30 minutes until bubbling and a bit brown..

One of our favorite fish recipes! Of all things, I add a bay leaf based upon a fish pie recipe in an Irish cookbook. It adds a lot of flavor and complements the mushrooms very nicely. Pour the sauce over the fish in the dish and spoon over the mashed potato, spreading with the back of a spoon or fork. Alternatively, pipe the mash over the fish with a piping bag and nozzle for a more professional-looking finish.

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