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Classic British Luxury Fish Pie with Salmon, Smoked Haddock, and Cheesy Mash
The ultimate British comfort seafood bake: tender chunks of fresh salmon and smoked haddock in a creamy herb sauce with sweet peas, blanketed under a golden ruffled Cheddar mash crust.
Prep
30 min
Cook
35 min
Total
65 min
Oven
200Ā°C (180Ā°C vent.)
Ingredients
servings
6
- Fresh skinless salmon fillet, cubed350 g
- Skinless smoked haddock, cubed300 g
- Floury potatoes, peeled and boiled900 g
- Mature Cheddar cheese, grated100 g
- Sweet green peas120 g
- Whole milk500 ml
- Butter 82%60 g
- Plain flour for roux35 g
- Fresh parsley and dill, chopped3 tbsp
- Fine salt1 tsp
- Ground black pepperĀ½ tsp
Preparation Steps
1
Boil potatoes until tender; mash with 30g butter, 50ml milk, salt, and half the Cheddar until smooth.
15 min timer
2
Make a white sauce by cooking flour in 30g melted butter, then whisking in remaining warm milk until silky; stir in herbs, peas, salt, and pepper.
6 min timer
3
Scatter raw salmon and haddock cubes in baking dish; pour white sauce over fish. Top with mashed potatoes, rough up with a fork, scatter remaining Cheddar, and bake at 200Ā°C for 30-35 mins until golden and bubbling.
35 min timer
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Nutrition Facts
per servingCalories
490
Protein
38g
Carbohydrates
36g
Fat
21g
Allergens
FishGlutenMilk
*estimated values per serving
Provenance & Public Domain Audit
Source: British & European Culinary Heritage / USDA Public Domain Collection (United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) & British Traditional Cookery Archive)
Legal status: Public Domain (17 U.S.C. Ā§ 105) ā¢ 17 U.S.C. Ā§ 105
License: Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal
