FISH PIE WITH CHEESE PASTRY CRUST
FISH PIE WITH CHEESE PASTRY CRUST
FISH PIE WITH CHEESE PASTRY CRUST

Ingredients
  • 1 shallot
  • peeled and chopped
  • olive oil
  • 110ml/4fl oz fish stock
  • 110ml/4fl oz double cream
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 300g/10½oz ready-to-roll puff pastry
  • 700g/1½lb fish
  • cut into chunks (salmon
  • cod
  • haddock or mixture)
  • 110g/4oz mushrooms
  • sliced
  • 3 tbsp chives
  • chopped
  • 4 slices Emmenthal cheese
  • 2 tbsp grain mustard
  • 1 egg
  • beaten
Directions
  • Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
  • Sauté the shallot in a little olive oil. After a few minutes add the fish stock and cream and bring to the boil. Season and leave to one side.
  • Roll out the pastry to twice the size of the ovenproof dish.
  • Place the fish
  • mushrooms and chives in the dish. Season and cover with the sauce.
  • Spread half of the pastry with the mustard and cheese. Fold the other half over the top
  • sandwiching the mustard and cheese in the middle.
  • Top the pie with the pastry
  • crimp the edges and then egg wash.
  • Bake for 25-30 minutes.