Fish Pie - Syn Free

I love this fish pie as it’s incredibly simple to make and super healthy.  No messing about poaching loads of expensive pieces of fish or making creamy sauces, it’s just lightly steamed fish pieces available from most fish counters at the supermarket in lemon and white wine with a cheesy potato topping.  Doesn’t get much better really!

Serves 4 hungry people 

Ingredients:

For the mash topping:

1kg potatoes

Splash milk

35g grated cheese (your hea option)

For the fish pie filling:

400g pack mixed fish (available at most supermarkets)

100g prawns (big ones can be cooked or uncooked, doesn’t matter but make sure the tails and any veins are removed)

8 bacon medallions

1 heaped teaspoon mustard powder

Squeeze lemon juice

Splash white wine (optional)

Dried mixed herbs

Few leaves fresh basil

Fry lite

Salt & pepper

Method

Put a large pan of water on to boil

Cut the potatoes into chunks and add to the boiling water, simmer until soft

Pre heat the oven to 180 or gas mark 6

While the potatoes are simmering, fry your bacon medallions in a ittle fry lite until cooked through and cut into small pieces about 1cm square (ish).  Basically you want them to be small enough not to look like your stuffing your face when you get some on your fork!

In a large bowl place the fish pie mix, prawns and bacon pieces.  Next add your lemon juice, a splash of white wine (optional), mustard powder and about a teaspoon of dried mixed herbs.  I don’t add salt as I think the bacon is salty enough but I add pepper and finally the chopped basil.  It should be slightly wet but not loads of liquid as the fish is going to steam in the pie.

Tip your fishy mix in a large oven proof dish

Add your fish pie mix to the oven proof dish

The potatoes should be cooked by now, mash them with a little milk until smooth, I use a ricer to make sure there are no 'chunks' but that's just me

Top your fish pie mixture with the mashed potato making sure to ‘seal’ the edges – so no big gaps around the top.  You can pipe the potato on if you like but as you’re going to cover it in cheese I don’t bother.

Mash topping - no gaps at the edges so the fish steams inside

Sprinkle cheese on the top and bake for approx. 40 minutes or until golden brown and the cheese has gone crispy.  The fish will be steamed and perfectly cooked inside

Syn free fish pie

Leave to cool for about 10 minutes and serve with veggies of your choice