This recipe has been handed down to me through generations and has been tested HUNDREDS of times.Fish Pie with Cheesy Mash is one of my all-time favourite comfort foods. Although it’s usually difficult to get my carnivorous family to skip the meat for a day, I know that my fish pie will always ensure everyone’s plates are clear. Usually I make a large fish pie and plonk it in the middle of the table. My intention is to let everyone help themselves, and then for me to save leftovers for lunch the next day.After everyone’s gone back for second (and usually third) helpings though, my leftovers tend to consist of one solitary pea - that probably got dropped on the floor by one of the kids. So we all leave the table, undoing our top buttons with that mashed-potato-overload-comatose feeling. One of these days I will learn how to portion control! This Creamy Fish Pie recipe was the one I cooked up on stage in a live-cookoff at the Big Feastival a few years ago (I added some crumbled up Piper’s cheese and onion crisps on top for a little twist on that one).As part of the cook-off, we had to make a giant version so the audience could taste-test the recipe and vote for their favourite. And that audience was scarily huge (see below)!🏆 My recipe won 🏆 - and that was the beginning of a wonderful working relationship with Neff (who put up the prize of £10k of Neff kitchen equipment), and who I’m still working with! So now you know my award-winning recipe! I hope you love it as much as I do.
What do have with fish pie?
I usually serve my fish pie with peas and sweetcorn. The kids love this comboSugarsnap peas/snow peas/mange tout also work really well.I personally LOVE kale so that’s always an option too!These simple butter pepper carrots are also a delicious side dish.Or My Garlic Green Beans
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