Fish Pie Fillets with Creamy Mash
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Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 20 mins
These speedy fish pie fillets are made with sustainable haddock smothered in crème fraîche, leeks and spinach, topped with crunchy breadcrumbs, fragrant dill and a touch of lemon. They’re served with creamy mash and tender pea shoots, and are ready in no time at all.
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825 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 500g potatoes
  • 1 leek
  • 1 lemon
  • A handful of dill, leaves only
  • 50g breadcrumbs
  • 50g baby leaf spinach
  • 200ml crème fraîche
  • 2 haddock fillets
  • 50g pea shoots
From your kitchen
  • Sea salt
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • Freshly ground pepper
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Put a large pan of salted water on to boil. Peel the potatoes and roughly chop them. When the water in the pan is boiling, add the potatoes and bring back to the boil, then turn the heat down and simmer for 20 mins.

  • 2.

    While the potatoes simmer, trim the roots and top 3cm off the leek. Halve it and rinse out any grit. Finely slice it. Put a frying pan on a medium heat and add ½ tbsp oil. Warm for 1 min, then add the leek and season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Fry, stirring every so often, for 8 mins till the leek is soft and golden.

  • 3.

    While the leek fries, finely grate the lemon zest into a bowl. Pick the soft fronds off the dill and finely chop them. Add the chopped dill fronds to the lemon zest. Stir in the breadcrumbs.

  • 4.

    Stir the spinach into the leeks and cook, stirring for 2 mins, till the spinach wilts. Scoop the leek and spinach into the bowl. Add half the crème fraîche (keep the rest for later) and stir to mix everything together. Taste and season if you think it needs it.

  • 5.

    Heat your grill to medium. Line your grill pan – or a baking tray if your grill didn’t come with a grill pan – with foil.

  • 6.

    Place the haddock fillets on the foil. Spoon the creamy spinach and leek over the fillets and slide under the grill. Cook for 6 mins, then sprinkle the breadcrumbs over the top and grill for a further 2 mins till golden and the fish flakes easily when pressed with a fork.

  • 7.

    While the haddock grills, roughly chop the pea shoots and pop them in a bowl. Squeeze in the juice from half the lemon, add ½ tbsp olive oil and some salt and pepper. Toss to coat.

  • 8.

    The potatoes should be cooked and tender by now. Drain them, then return them to the pan and add the remaining crème fraîche. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and mash together till smooth and creamy.

  • 9.

    Scoop the mash onto 2 warm plates and nestle a fish pie fillet alongside. Add a handful of the pea shoots and serve with wedges of the remaining lemon for squeezing.

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