Fantastic Fish Pie

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 5 large potatoes, peeled and diced into 2 . 5cm/1 inch squares
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 2 free range eggs
• 200 g fresh spinach
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 carrot, halved and finely chopped
• extra virgin olive oil
• 600 ml cream
• 200 g cheddar cheese
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1 teaspoon english mustard
• 100 g flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
• 500 g haddock or 500 g cod fish fillets, skin removed pin boned and sliced into chunks
• nutmeg (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 230°c/450°f/gas 8.
• 2 put the potatoes into salted boiling water and bring back to the boil for 2 minutes.
• 3 carefully add the eggs to the pan and cook for a further 8 minutes until hard boiled, by which time the potatoes should also be cooked.
• 4 at the same time steam the spinach in a colander above the pan. this will only take a minute. when the spinach is done, remove from the colander and gently squeeze any excess moisture away.
• 5 then drain the potatoes in the colander.
• 6 remove the eggs, cool under cold water, then peel and quarter them. place to one side.
• 7 in a separate pan slowly fry the onion and carrot in a little olive oil for about 5 minutes, than add the double cream and bring just to the boil. remove from the heat and add the cheese, lemon juice, mustard and parsley.
• 8 put the spinach, fish and eggs into an appropriately sized earthenware dish and mix together, pouring over the creamy vegetable sauce.
• 9 the cooked potatoes should be drained and mashed - add a bit of olive oil, salt, pepper and a touch of nutmeg if you like. spread on top of the fish. don't bother piping it to make it look pretty - it's a homely hearty thing.
• 10 place in the oven for about 25-30 minutes until the potatoes are golden.