Sunday Fish Pie

Serves 2

Time: 🕰🕰
Effort: 💪💪

Ingredients:

1/2 carrot
1/2 stalk celery
1/4 onion
Any fish of choice (frozen, MSC certified preferred, as long as it’s boneless)
1 tablespoon flour
Equal amount butter
milk
Potatoes

Method:

1. Preheat oven to medium-high (~200C)
2. Search cupboard for ceramic ramekin or any ovenproof vessel
3. Chop carrot, celery, onion into equal sized chunks
4. Sautée in olive oil until slightly softened but not brown
5. Tip contents into bottom of baking vessel
6. Place defrosted fish on top of the vegetable and season with salt and pepper
7. Back in the pan (now empty), combine flour and butter under medium heat and stir until a paste is formed
8. Add milk gradually to the pan until thickens to a white sauce
9. Season with salt and pepper
10. Pour white sauce onto the veg and fish until fish is half covered
11. Turn the potatoes into mashed potatoes according to your liking
12. Seal the baking vessel’s contents with the mashed potatoes
13. Make ridges along the top (as pictured) and add a small knob of butter so that it will crisp up while cooking
14. Put vessel into the oven and bake until you can smell the fish (around 15-20 minutes)
15. Transfer vessel to top rack inside the oven to bake for a little more, so that the top will be crispy and brown

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