Winter Recipe: Bare Fish Pie

I all the time favor to eat my fish within the winter both cooked wrapped in foil or baked in a pie. Firstly, these are probably the most warming, wintry methods to get your consumption of fish, however secondly to minimise the scent! Embrace as many or as few styles of fish in your pie as you want; and go for my candy potato topping because it’s wealthy in beta-carotene. This converts to vitamin A within the physique to assist deal with zits and enhance pores and skin tone, making it an important magnificence meals.

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Bare Fish Pie

SERVES 4
340 CALORIES PER SERVING

2 giant candy potatoes, peeled and reduce into small chunks
25g butter
25g gluten-free flour
300ml semi-skimmed milk (see tip under), warmed
Juice of 1/2 lemon
300ml vegetable inventory
1 tsp wholegrain mustard
2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
500g white fish fillets (comparable to cod, hake, haddock and pollock), reduce into chunks
1 small fennel bulb, halved and thinly sliced
Sea salt and black pepper

1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C fan.
2. Place the potatoes in a pan crammed with water and boil for 10 minutes or till tender. Drain earlier than mashing with a potato masher, including salt and pepper to style.
3. In the meantime, make a white sauce by first melting the butter in a saucepan over a medium warmth. Add the flour and stir for about 2 minutes or till a paste varieties. Subsequent, slowly add the milk, stirring all of the whereas, till you’ve a easy sauce. Proceed to stir the sauce for an extra 5-10 minutes till it thickens.
4. Add the lemon juice to the sauce, adopted by the inventory and mustard. Season to style with salt and pepper and stir in 1 teaspoon of Parmesan. Carry to a simmer and prepare dinner for 1 minute earlier than eradicating from the warmth.
5. Place the fish in an ovenproof dish with the sliced fennel. Pour over the white sauce and prime with the candy potato mash. Sprinkle the remaining Parmesan excessive.
6. Place the dish on a baking tray. Switch to the over for 40 minutes or till cooked by way of and golden.
7. Serve with a inexperienced vegetable comparable to spinach, kale or broccoli.

Tip

• • You may substitute the semi-skimmed milk with coconut milk to lend a extra Southeast Asian flavour to the fish.

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