Name: Fish pies with lettuce heart and herb salad
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 150 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 kg mashing potatoes (about 7), such as Desiree, coarsely chopped; 200 ml hot milk; 650 ml fish stock; 40 ml dry vermouth; 1 onion, finely chopped; 1 fennel bulb, finely chopped; 250 gm skinless white fish, such as snapper, bones removed, cut into 3cm pieces; 175 gm each skinless salmon and skinless smoked cod, bones removed, cut into 3cm pieces; 150 gm small uncooked prawns, cleaned; 50 gm butter, coarsely chopped; 50 gm plain flour (⅓ cup); 175 ml pouring cream; 2 tsp Dijon mustard; 1 anchovy fillet, finely chopped; 1 tbsp each finely chopped dill, chervil and flat-leaf parsley; 2 tbsp fine fresh white breadcrumbs; 20 gm finely grated parmesan; Lettuce heart and herb salad; 4 baby gem lettuces, trimmed, quartered; 1 cup mixed herbs, such as flat-leaf parsley, chives, wood sorrel and mustard cress (firmly packed); 120 ml canola oil; 2 tbsp cider vinegar; 2 tbsp Tewkesbury mustard (see note)

Fish pies with lettuce heart and herb salad

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Fish pies with lettuce heart and herb salad

Serves 6

Prep

Cook

1H 30M

Total

2H 30M

“I’m a fan of Mark Hix’s London restaurant, but the fish pie served at his Dorset restaurant, Hix Oyster & Fish House, is a family favourite. I would love the recipe.”

Helen Brookes, Maidenhead, England

To request a recipe, write to Fare Exchange, , GPO Box 4088, Sydney, NSW 2001, or email us. All requests should include the restaurant’s name and address or business card, as well as your name and address.

Ingredients

1 kg mashing potatoes (about 7), such as Desiree, coarsely chopped

200 ml hot milk

650 ml fish stock

40 ml dry vermouth

1 onion, finely chopped

1 fennel bulb, finely chopped

250 gm skinless white fish, such as snapper, bones removed, cut into 3cm pieces

175 gm each skinless salmon and skinless smoked cod, bones removed, cut into 3cm pieces

150 gm small uncooked prawns, cleaned

50 gm butter, coarsely chopped

50 gm plain flour (⅓ cup)

175 ml pouring cream

2 tsp Dijon mustard

1 anchovy fillet, finely chopped

1 tbsp each finely chopped dill, chervil and flat-leaf parsley

2 tbsp fine fresh white breadcrumbs

20 gm finely grated parmesan

Lettuce heart and herb salad

4 baby gem lettuces, trimmed, quartered

1 cup mixed herbs, such as flat-leaf parsley, chives, wood sorrel and mustard cress (firmly packed)

120 ml canola oil

2 tbsp cider vinegar

2 tbsp Tewkesbury mustard (see note)

Method

Main

1.Place potato in a large saucepan, cover with cold water, bring to the simmer over medium heat and cook until tender (20-30 minutes). Drain well, return to pan, mash, add milk, mix until smooth, season to taste and set aside.

2.Meanwhile, preheat oven to 180C. Bring stock and vermouth to the simmer in a large saucepan, add onion and fennel and simmer until tender (6-7 minutes). Add all fish and prawns, simmer for 2 minutes, drain (reserve 700ml stock) and set aside.

3.Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat, add flour, stir until sandy-coloured (1-2 minutes), add reserved stock a little at a time, stirring continuously, then stir occasionally until reduced to a sauce consistency (15-20 minutes). Add cream and reduce until thick (10-12 minutes). Add mustard and anchovy, stir to combine, season to taste and cool slightly. Stir in herbs and fish and divide mixture among six 400ml ovenproof baking dishes. Top with potato, scatter with breadcrumbs and parmesan and bake until golden and warmed through (25-30 minutes).

4.Meanwhile, for lettuce heart and herb salad, combine lettuce and herbs in a large bowl. Whisk oil, vinegar and mustard in a separate bowl, season to taste, drizzle over lettuce and herbs and toss to combine. Serve with fish pies.

Tewksebury mustard, a blend of mustard and horseradish, gives a truly British taste to dressings. If it’s unavailable, substitute 1 tbsp jarred horseradish and 1 tbsp Dijon mustard.
This recipe is from the June 2012 issue of
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Notes