Name: Puffed salmon & spinach fish pie
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1kg Maris Piper potato cut into large chunks; 2 large eggs separated; 400g frozen whole-leaf spinach (frozen weight), defrosted and squeezed dry; 85g reduced-fat mature cheddar; whole nutmeg for grating; 500g fish - a mix of white and salmon is good (I used 2 frozen salmon fillets and 2 cod, defrosted); 1 onion halved; a few whole cloves; 1 fresh or dried bay leaf; 300ml semi-skimmed milk; 300ml fish stock (from a cube is fine); 25g butter; 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 50g plain flour; 1 tsp wholegrain mustard

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Puffed salmon & spinach fish pie

Puffed salmon & spinach fish pie

Jane Hornby

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Serves 6

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Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 1 hr

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Adding greens to your mashed potato topping boosts the health benefits of this classic comfort food bake

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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For the topping

1kg Maris Piper potato

cut into large chunks
2 large eggs

separated
400g frozen whole-leaf spinach

(frozen weight), defrosted and squeezed dry
85g reduced-fat mature cheddar
whole nutmeg

for grating

For the filling

500g fish

- a mix of white and salmon is good (I used 2 frozen salmon fillets and 2 cod, defrosted)
1 onion

halved
a few whole cloves
1 fresh or dried bay leaf
300ml semi-skimmed milk
300ml fish stock

(from a cube is fine)
25g butter
2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
50g plain flour
1 tsp wholegrain mustard

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal449

low
fat18g
saturates6g
carbs37g
sugars5g
fibre6g
protein33g
salt0.8g

low

Method

step 1

Boil the potatoes for 20 mins until tender. Meanwhile, put the fish in a frying pan, skin-side down. Stud the onion with the cloves and put into the pan with the bay, milk and stock. Bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 2 mins. Remove the cod, which should flake easily, then re-cover and cook for 3 mins more until the salmon is just cooked through. Lift out the fish and set aside. Strain the cooking liquid.
step 2

In another pan, melt the butter with the oil, stir in the flour and cook for 2 mins until it smells toasty. Take off the heat and slowly whisk in the fish cooking liquid. Return to the heat, whisk until the sauce boils and thickens, then stir in the mustard. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
step 3

Drain and mash the potatoes until smooth, then beat in the egg yolks, spinach and most of the cheese. Season generously with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Whisk the egg whites to soft peaks, then fold into the potato in 2 batches.
step 4

Flake the fish into a large baking dish, pour over the sauce and top with the spinachy potato. Scatter with the rest of the cheese and bake for 35-40 mins until golden and risen.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2013

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