It is here British Pie Week 2022!

This week we will be making – Smoked Fish Pie with Cheddar Mash Top

This is one of the most delicious weeks of the year,  whether savoury or sweet, pies are a comforting way to enjoy a variety of ingredients.  Whether encased in flaky pastry or topped with mash, pies make a hearty, meal.

No other country does meat pies quite like Britain.  Once you’ve mastered the basic art of ingredient preparation the filling and flavour combinations are endless.  

Fish pie also known as Fisherman’s Pie is a classically British dish, ours will be filled with cod, smoked haddock, and prawns and is a playful take on a classic seafood dish.

This is a hearty dish to warm you from the inside out and will be the last of our Winter warmers for a while with a creamy sauce and a cheddar mashed potato topping you have a comforting one pan meal in 2 hours.

To elevate the dish, it is essential that the fish poaching liquid which involves cooking the fish and onions in the milk along with a bay leaf is used to make the white sauce which gives depth to the overall flavour of the finished pie.

In this week’s dish we will be using the following skills:
Weighing, measuring, mashing, cutting, slicing, flaking, mixing/combining, blending, boiling/simmering, straining, poaching, layering, making a white sauce, baking.

See you Saturday Teen Chefs.