FISH PIE WITH SWEET POTATO TOPPING
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ½ onion
- chopped
- 2 garlic cloves
- chopped
- splash water
- 100ml/3½fl oz hot fish stock
- 100g/3½oz haddock
- skin removed
- chopped
- 75ml/2½fl oz double cream
- 4 tbsp chopped fresh chervil
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- ½ sweet potato
- peeled
- sliced very thinly on a mandoline
Directions
- Heat one tablespoon of the olive oil in a pan
- add the onion and garlic and fry for 3-4 minutes until softened.
- Add the water and hot fish stock and boil for three minutes.
- Add the chopped haddock and cook for three minutes.
- Add the cream and three tablespoons of the chervil and season
- to taste
- with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Simmer for 1-2 minutes
- then pour the mixture into a gratin dish.
- Place the sweet potato slices on top of the fish sauce mixture
- drizzle with the remaining olive oil
- and season
- to taste
- with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Place under a medium grill for 4-5 minutes
- or until the top is crisp and golden-brown.
- Serve the fish pie at the table in the gratin dish
- and garnish with the remaining chopped chervil.

