Delia’s Smoked Fish Pie

Serves: 4

 

500g smoked cod

Cornichons / small dill pickles

milk

capers

bay leaf

1 tablesp lemon juice

black pepper

3 tablesp parsley, chopped

cream

potatoes, boiled for mashed top

4 hard boiled eggs

crème fraîche

 

gruyère & P Reg cheese, grated

 

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Poach smoked fish in milk with bay leaf and ground black pepper, about 10 minutes.
Reserve the liquid.

Make white sauce from the poaching liquid with added cream, add 2 tablesp parsley.

Flake the fish into the white sauce and mix in the rest of the ingredients
(except the mashed spud !!!). Put in a baking dish.

Cover with potato mashed with crème fraîche and sprinkle with grated cheese.

Bake 190C 30 – 40 mins.

Optional 1: Add some smoked salmon and a second smoked fish, e.g. smoked trout,
for a more luxurious pie.

Optional 2: Mash pumpkin with the potato – for its colour.