Fish Pie With Sweet Potato Topping

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 50 g butter
• 1 bunch spring onion, sliced
• 50 g plain flour
• 400 ml milk
• 500 g cod, coley skinned & cut into chunks or 500 g haddock fillets, skinned & cut into chunks
• 200 g cooked tiger shrimp
• 150 g smoked salmon, cut into strips
• 200 g cooked scallops
• 1 tablespoon chopped dill or 1 tablespoon parsley
• 1 lemon, zest of
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 700 g sweet potatoes, peeled
• 40 g butter
• 50 g matured cheddar cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180°/gas 4.
• 2 melt butter in large pan.
• 3 add onion; sauté.
• 4 stir in flour & cook for about 30 secs before gradually adding milk.
• 5 bring to a simmer & cook for a couple of minutes until you have a smooth thick sauce.
• 6 stir in the fish, prawns,smoked salmon. scallops, dill/parsley lemon zest & juice.
• 7 add salt & pepper at this stage if needed.
• 8 once the sauce is bubbling & the cod is starting to flake a little, remove from the heat.
• 9 spoon into a large 1.5 - 1.8 ltr pie dish or 4 individual dishes.
• 10 leave to cool whilst preparing the topping.
• 11 topping:.
• 12 coarsely grate the sweet potato.
• 13 place in a clean tea towel & squeeze out the excess water.
• 14 melt the butter in a pan & add the potato.
• 15 stir over a medium heat for a couple of minutes until the potato is coated in butter & starting to soften.
• 16 scatter the potato over the top of the pie, leaving a rough topping rather than pressing it down.
• 17 sprinkle over the grated cheese.
• 18 place on a baking tray and bake for 30 mins until the top is golden and the filling is starting to bubble over the edges.
• 19 serve with garlic bread & salad of choice.