Pacific Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 675 g small potatoes, unpeeled
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 250 g leeks, finely sliced
• 115 g mushrooms, finely sliced
• 450 g fish fillets or 450 g cod or 450 g haddock, skinned
• 600 ml milk
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 175 g prawns, cooked and peeled or 175 g mussels
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
• 3 tablespoons plain flour
• 200 g cheddar cheese, grated
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 slice the potatoes into thick slices, and cook in a large saucepan of boiling salted water for 5 minutes then drain well.
• 2 put the oil and leeks in a frying pan and cook over a low heat for 2-3 minutes until soft, add the mushrooms and cook for a further 2 minutes.
• 3 place the fish in a saucepan and cover with a little milk, bring to a simmer and poach for 5 minutes until tender, drain but reserve the poaching milk!
• 4 use a little of the butter to grease the baking dish. flake the fish and place in the dish with the leeks, mushrooms and prawns/mussels and scatter over the parsley.
• 5 preheatthe oven to 200 degrees c / 400 degrees f / gas 6.
• 6 in the same saucepan, make a sauce by melting the remaining butter and adding in the flour, stir well and cook over a low heat for 2-3 minutes. remove from the heat and gradually stir in the remaining milk, beating well after each addition.
• 7 when all the milk has been added and the sauce is smooth, return the saucepan to the heat, stirring continously until thickened. cook for a further 2-3 minutes then add 100g of the cheese and season to taste.
• 8 pour half the sauce over the fish, arrange the potato slices on top and cover with the remaining sauce.
• 9 sprinkle over the remaining cheese and cook on a baking sheet in the centre of a preheated oven for 45 minutes until golden brown.
• 10 then serve!