Fish Pie With Sweet Potato Topping

Another no fuss recipe from Jo Pratt & UKTV Food. Easy make & delicious!

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Serves: 4
• Yields: 1 pie

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

• TOPPING

• 700  g sweet potatoes, peeled
• 40  g butter
• 50  g  matured cheddar cheese, grated

Directions

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 white 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.