Old Fashioned Fish Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Stick cloves into onion halves and place in a saucepan with milk, bay leaf and fish.
• Bring to the boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for about 8 minutes.
• Remove fish with fish slice and cool slightly.
• Strain cooking liquid into a jug, discard solids.
• Flake fish into large chunks, discarding any bones, then season.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat.
• Add flour and cook, stirring for 1-2 minutes.
• Add reserved liquid and cook, stirring until mixture starts to thicken.
• Add cream and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add nutmeg and herbs, then season.
• Pour over fish, then cool.
• Preheat oven to 180oC.
• Pour mixture in four 500ml pie dishes.
• Cut 1cm-wide strips from the edge of pastry sheets.
• Press around rims of dishes and brush with a little water.
• Cut off any excess pastry.
• Cut 2 small slashes in tops for steam.
• Brush pastry with egg and bake for 25 mintues or until pastry is risen and golden.

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook meat over medium-low heat until the mixture begins to brown. Mix in onions and celery, and continue cooking for about 5 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Arrange 2 pie crusts in a single layer on the bottom of a large roasting pan. Spread 1/2 of the meat over the pie crusts. Arrange 2 more pie crusts over the meat layer, and then spread remaining meat on top of the pastry. Top with remaining pastry. Press the pastry to the sides of the pan, and poke 8 small holes in the pastry to allow steam to escape.
• Bake for 1 hour, or until dough is golden brown and the pie is hot and bubbly.

Steps:

• 1. Peel, cook and mash potatoes or use a box of instant potatoes- yukon gold or other mildly flavored mix. Set aside
• 2. Season fillets with salt, pepper then poach in a skillet on the stovetop.Once the pan starts simmering, cover and poach about 4-5 mins,using both liquids and herbs ,peas and onions. Remove fish from liquid and flake, but save some of the poaching liquid. Remove peas and onions with a slotted spoon. Discard sprigs of herbs. While poaching, preheat oven to 350.
• 3. Mix fish, peas, onions and some of the poaching liquid( 1-2 tbs.to make potatoes spreadable) with the mashed potatoes and spread in a glass pie plate or other oven-safe dish that is lightly greased. Drag a knife over the top of the potato mixture and dot with butter if you like. Bake @ 350 for about 20-25 mins until heated through and top is a little browned.