Fish pie with cheese pastry crust
By James Martin
From Housecall
Ingredients
- 1 shallot, peeled and chopped
- olive oil
- 110ml/4fl oz fish stock
- 110ml/4fl oz double cream
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 300g/10陆oz ready-to-roll puff pastry
- 700g/1陆lb fish, cut into chunks (salmon, cod, haddock or mixture)
- 110g/4oz mushrooms, sliced
- 3 tbsp chives, chopped
- 4 slices Emmenthal cheese
- 2 tbsp grain mustard
- 1 egg, beaten
Method
Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
Saut茅 the shallot in a little olive oil. After a few minutes add the fish stock and cream and bring to the boil. Season and leave to one side.
Roll out the pastry to twice the size of the ovenproof dish.
Place the fish, mushrooms and chives in the dish. Season and cover with the sauce.
Spread half of the pastry with the mustard and cheese. Fold the other half over the top, sandwiching the mustard and cheese in the middle.
Top the pie with the pastry, crimp the edges and then egg wash.
Bake for 25-30 minutes.