Golden Fish Pie

Name: Golden Fish Pie
Yield: Serves 4-5
Ingredients: 75 g (3 oz) butter; 2–3 pinches cayenne pepper; 500 g (1 lb) sweet potatoes (the large, orange-fleshed kind), peeled; 375 g (12 oz) potatoes, peeled; 600 ml (1 pint) milk; 750 g-875 g (1½-1¾ lb) haddock or cod fillets, skinned; 150 ml (¼ pint) double cream; Salt and black pepper; 2 heaped tablespoons cornflour; 2 good tablespoons chopped fresh dill; 1 rounded teaspoon of Dijon mustard; 2–3 tablespoons water

Preparation info

Serves
4-5

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Companion

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1991

About

We often have variations offish pie for a family supper, and this one is popular with its golden orange top of mashed sweet and ordinary potato. For an extra treat, you can add a few shelled mussels to the fish. Serve with a simple green salad.

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb) sweet potatoes (the large, orange-fleshed kind), peeled
375 g (

Fish course
Supper
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

Steam or boil the sweet potatoes and the ordinary white potatoes until very soft. This takes approximately 20 minutes. Mash the potatoes together with 50 g (2 oz) of the butter and season to taste wi