Puff pastry fish pie
Good-quality fish stock is a must for this pie. So, grab some fish bones from your local fishmonger (flat fish bones make the best stock) and make a batch and freeze the excess for future recipes.
SERVES
4
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
20
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
80
MINUTES
Ingredients
Fish stock:
275g fish bones (stomachs and heads removed)
1 tbsp rapeseed oil
1 onion sliced
1 stick of celery sliced
1 small leek sliced
4 cloves garlic
½ tsp whole black peppercorns
3.5 litre water
Fabulous Fish Pie:
400ml milk
300g fresh fish, diced into bite-sized chunks (such as hake, monkfish, pollock, cod)
200g smoked fish, diced into bite-sized chunks (such as haddock, coley or pollock)
70g butter
1 leek diced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
70g plain flour
350ml warm fish stock
1tb Dijon mustard
1 tb chopped parsley
1tb chopped dill
1 lemon zested
For the topping:
1 x 320g sheet puff pastry
2 egg yolks beaten
Sea salt flakes




