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Fish Pie Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 lb white fish (cod, haddock)
1 cup carrots, finely chopped
1 stalk celery
1 large onion, finely chopped
1 cup frozen peas
1 cup mushrooms finely chopped
6 large Potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters)
1/2 lb grated cheddar cheese
salt
pepper
2 tbsp Wonder flour
1/2 pint Milk (for white sauce)
1/4 pint Milk (for mash potato)
1 tbsp Butter (for white sauce)
1 tbsp butter (for mash potato)
extra virgin olive oil
Directions:
Directions:
Boil Potatoes in salted water to make mashed potatoes.
In large pan, saute together in oil the onion and mushrooms until clear. Then add carrots and celery, cook for 5 minutes, add the peas cook for 5 minutes more.
Microwave fish for 4 minutes to just cooked, then break into flakes.
While fish is cooking, prepare white sauce. Cook flour in the melted butter for 1.5 minutes in sauce pan to make a roux. Gradually add milk and stir until thickened.
Mix the vegetable mixture, flaked fish, salt and pepper together in a bowl, mix with hands. Add the white sauce and gently mix again. Transfer this into a high casserole bowl.
Prepare mashed potatoes with butter, milk and pepper.
Spread mashed potatoes over the vegetable. Sprinkle with grated cheddar cheese and bake in oven until cheese is melted and lightly browned.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
5
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
40 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This is a dish Howard remembers as a boy. Recently, with his sister Julia on a visit to NJ, they recreated the dish some 30 years later. It is a family favorite.... an alternative to Shepard's Pie.

 

 

 

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