Old-Fashioned Fish Pie

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in

By Katie Stewart

Published 1977

  • About

Many of our traditional fish recipes are much improved if a mixture of smoked and fresh fish is used. Chopped parsley, hard-boiled egg, cheese or anchovy essence can be added and a little butter on the potato topping makes the surface crisp and brown.

Ingredients

  • 450 g/1 lb cod fillet
  • 225 g/8

Method

Rinse the fish and cut into pieces. Place in a saucepan and add the milk, water, lemon slice and bay leaf. Cover and simmer gently until tender – about 15 minutes. Strain off the liquor and reserve 3 dl (½ pint