Name: Fish pie with saffron mash
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3 shallots finely chopped; 3 tbsp white wine vinegar; 150ml white wine; 142ml pot double cream; 900g fresh haddock fillets, skinned; 200g bag raw, peeled prawn preferably unfrozen; 800g fresh spinach (about 2 bags); 200g crabmeat; 3 garlic cloves; 1 red chilli halved and deseeded; 200ml full-fat milk; pinch saffron strands; 1 ¼kg potato cut into large chunks; 4 tbsp olive oil; zest and juice 1 lemon

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Fish pie with saffron mash

Fish pie with saffron mash

Barney Desmazery

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Serves 6

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Prep: 30 mins

Cook: 1 hr and 15 mins

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A great dinner party dish. This can be made ahead and frozen so there's always something ready to entertain guests

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Ingredients

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3 shallots

finely chopped
3 tbsp white wine vinegar
150ml white wine
142ml pot double cream
900g fresh haddock

fillets, skinned
200g bag raw, peeled prawn

preferably unfrozen
800g fresh spinach

(about 2 bags)
200g crabmeat

For the topping

3 garlic cloves
1 red chilli

halved and deseeded
200ml full-fat milk
pinch saffron

strands
1 ¼kg potato

cut into large chunks
4 tbsp olive oil
zest and juice 1 lemon

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal683
fat35g
saturates15g
carbs42g
sugars7g
fibre6g
protein51g
salt1.36g

low

Method

step 1

Tip the shallots and vinegar into a saucepan and place on the heat so the vinegar evaporates quickly. Splash in the white wine and reduce until practically dry. Add cream, bring to the boil, then simmer gently until reduced by two-thirds and very thick. Leave to cool. Cut the fish into bite-size chunks and set aside with the prawns.
step 2

Tip spinach into a large colander and pour over boiling water from a kettle until all the spinach is wilted (you may need to do this more than once). Cool under the cold tap, then squeeze the spinach tightly to get rid of any excess liquid.
step 3

To make the topping, mash the saffron, garlic and chilli together using a pestle and mortar. Tip into a saucepan with the milk, bring to the boil, then remove from the heat to infuse. Bring the potatoes to the boil and simmer for 15 mins until soft. Drain, then mash well with the infused milk, olive oil, lemon juice and zest.
step 4

Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. To assemble the pie, mix the fish and prawns into the cold cream until completely coated. Tip the fish into the bottom of a large gratin dish and scatter over clumps of crabmeat. Unravel the spinach and lay it over the fish, then top with the mash. Cook the pie for about 30 mins until golden and starting to brown and bubble around the edges. Serve with green veg if you like.

RECIPE TIPS

MAKE AHEAD

The pie can be assembled the day before and kept in the fridge. If the prawns have not been frozen before, the pie can be frozen, uncooked, for up to a month. Defrost completely in the fridge before cooking.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2007

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