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Quick and easy fish pie

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 900 g 2lb floury potatoes, peeled and quartered,
  • Knob of butter
  • 675 g 1 1/2lb White fish, cut into chunky pieces
  • 150 ml 5fl oz Milk
  • 175 g 6oz Frozen peas
  • 4 hard boiled eggs peeled and chopped (optional)

For the Sauce

  • 30 g 1oz butter
  • 30 g 1oz flour
  • 300 ml 10fl oz milk
  • 1 tbsp Dijon mustard

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 200 c (400 f Gas 6)
  • Boil the potatoes in a pan of salted water until soft. Drain well and mash. Add butter and mash again.
  • Put the fish in a shallow frying pan. Season well with salt and black pepper. Pour just enough milk to cover and poach over a medium heat for 3-4 min. Remove the fish with a slotted spoon and transfer to an ovenproof dish.
  • For the Sauce,
  • Melt the butter in a pan over a low heat. Remove from the heat and stir in the flour with a wooden spoon until smooth. Return to the heat and add the milk little by little, stirring constantly. Keep cooking and stirring for 5-10 min until sauce has thickened.
  • Add more milk if needed.
  • Stir thought the mustard and season with salt and pepper.
  • Add the peas and eggs (if using) and stir gently
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  • Spoon the sauce on top of the fish and stir gently
  • Top with the mash potato and fork the top so that the potato forms peaks

Notes

We used frozen fish which which was cooked whilst waiting on the potatoes to cook, this worked well.
Adapted from from 700 Quick Recipes Cook Express