Fancy Fish Pie. Living by the sea, we try to eat fish often and this hearty meal is an easy way to enjoy a little bit of what you fancy! This fish pie is good enough for a dinner party and the kids love it, too. Serve with a green salad or green steamed vegetables like broccoli.

A ridiculously satisfying plate of true comfort food. A rich and creamy recipe with added decadence from the scallops. Don't worry if you can't source any, you can replace this with skinless salmon fillet instead. You can have Fancy Fish Pie using 26 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Fancy Fish Pie

Prepare of For poaching the fish.
Prepare 500 ml of full fat milk.
You need 1 of small onion, quartered.
You need 4 of cloves.
Prepare 2 of Bay Leaves.
Prepare of For the Filling.
Prepare 300 g of smoked seconds fillets/smoked haddock.
It's 300 g of cod fillet, skinned and boned.
Prepare 200 g of Queen scallops.
It's 150 g of King Prawns.
Prepare of Small bunch parsley, chopped.
Prepare of For the Nutmeg Mash.
It's 1.5 kg of floury potatoes (such as maris pipers), peeled and cut into large chunks.
It's of salt and black pepper.
You need 50 ml of Whole Milk.
Prepare 50 g of unsalted butter.
You need of Freshly grated nutmeg.
You need 100 g of grated mature cheddar.
Prepare of For the Sauce.
Prepare 50 g of unsalted butter.
You need 50 g of plain flour.
You need 500 ml of reserved poaching milk PLUS an extra 100ml.
It's 1 tbsp of Lemon Juice.
Prepare 2 tbsp of chopped fresh parsley.
You need of Freshly grated nutmeg.
Prepare of salt and black pepper.

A big old bowl of comfortable. That's prob the simplest and best way to describe this gourmet fish pie. It's got the elegance level to be served at a dinner party but you can't beat this, the couch, a glass of wine, and your favourite TV show. Fish pie is the ultimate comfort food and it's so easy to make, while being pretty budget-friendly.

Fancy Fish Pie step by step

First, poach the fish: put the fish into a frying pan and pour over the 500ml milk. Stud each onion quarter with a clove, then add to the milk with the bay leaves. Bring the milk just to the boil - this will be just a few bubbles appearing - and reduce the heat to simmer for 8 minutes..
Flake the fish onto a plate and strain the milk into a jug to cool, as you will use this later for the sauce. Flake the fish into large pieces into a large shallow oven-proof baking dish. Place the raw prawns and scallops evenly over the fish. Scatter over the chopped parsley..
Next, get the potatoes going for the mash by placing them into a large saucepan of cold, salted water. Bring to the boil and cook for around 15 - 20 minutes, or until tender..
Meanwhile, make the sauce. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over a low heat. Once melted, stir in the flour using a hand whisk and cook for around 10 minutes, stirring continuously until the flour is ‘cooked out’. The consistency will change to a thinner ‘sauce’ and the colour should go slightly caramel. This is when you know it is ready to add the milk..
Take off the heat and gradually add the milk, a big splash at a time, whisking well each time to create a smooth sauce. As the milk will have been warm when adding, the sauce should thicken fairly quickly. Return to the heat and continue cooking if it needs to thicken a little more. Finish the sauce by adding the nutmeg, parsley, lemon juice and some salt and pepper. Pour this evenly over the fish. Preheat the oven to 190C fan..
Drain the potatoes well, giving them a bash, tip them back into the pan and mash well. Add the butter and mix well until melted using a fork now in a whisky motion to begin fluffing the mash. Add the milk, a splash at a time until you have a creamy, smooth consistency. You may not need to use all of the milk. Season with salt and pepper to taste and add the nutmeg to taste..
Top the pie now with the mash, starting at the edges and working your way in. Smooth it down and then mark with a fork. Top with the grated mature cheddar..
Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until golden-brown on top and bubbling all the way through. If your pie was assembled cold, it may take slightly longer in the oven. Serve with buttered peas tossed in parsley..

Give them all a try to find out your favourites! This is James' version of a classic British dish - fish pie. He's gone a bit fancy on this occasion though, adding some langoustines and a rich, buttery mash.. Using a slotted spoon, remove the fish. This was a very fancy fish pie.