Luxury Fish Pie

Ingredient:

Fish and Sauce:

Two salmon fillets

One cod loin

100g cooked prawns

75g butter

75g plain flour

500ml fish stock

200ml milk

50ml cream

1 glass of white wine

1 carrot

1 leek

1 medium onion

1 bayleef

handful of fresh parsley

5 peppercorns

salt and pepper (to taste)

splash of lemon juice

50g red leicester cheese (grated)

Mashed potato:

Six medium potatoes

Two sweet potatoes

50ml milk

25g butter

25ml cream

50g red leicester cheese (grated)

Topping:

50g red leicester cheese (finely grated)

50g breadcrumbs

Method:

This meal sounds like a lot of effort given the ingredient list above, but it is simple and can be prepared in 45 minutes - plus another 25 minutes of oven cooking time. It is well worth the effort too.

Start off by preparing the potatoes by pealing them all and chopping them into quarters. Add them to salted water and bring to the boil and then simmer for 20 minutes. Once cooked strain the water, add the small amounts of butter, milk and cheese and mash.

Meanwhile, add the chopped onion, leek, carrot, peppercorns and bay leaf to the fish stock and bring to the boil and then simmer for ten minutes.

Place the salmon and cod to the stock and continue to simmer for three minutes.

Take out the fish and set aside to cool

Strain the stock with a sieve, then return to the boil and then simmer and add the wine.

Melt the butter and then mix with the flour and return to the heat for a minute. Slowly add the stock while continually mixing and then add the milk, cheese, parsley and flour. Add salt and white pepper to taste.

Now put the meal together by placing the prawns, and fish in a dish along with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Mix around so the fish breaks into pieces.

Pour over the sauce and sprinkle over some extra grated cheese and cracked black pepper before layering on the mashed potato.

Smooth the dish before adding a mixture of grated cheese and breadcrumbs.

Return to the oven at 200degrees for at least 25 minutes, or until the breadcrumbs become crispy.

Serve with vegetables and garlic bread and enjoy.