Description
Living by the sea, we try to eat fish often and this hearty meal is an easy way to enjoy a little bit of what you fancy! This fish pie is good enough for a dinner party and the kids love it, too. Serve with a green salad or green steamed vegetables like broccoli.
Ingredients
- 6 medium potatoes
- ½ cup butter, divided
- 1 medium white Spanish onion, chopped
- 1 ½ cups grated medium Cheddar cheese
- 1 ¼ cups light cream, or as needed
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 ½ pounds white fish – skinned, boned, and cut into chunks
- ½ pound fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Cut a small slit in each potato and place onto a baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until potatoes are easily pierced with a fork
- about 1 hour 10 minutes.
- While the potatoes are baking
- melt 4 tablespoons butter in a skillet over medium heat; stir in onion. Cook and stir until onion has softened and turned translucent
- about 5 minutes. Mix in Cheddar cheese
- cream
- mustard
- and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper. Cook
- stirring frequently
- until sauce is warm and Cheddar has melted
- 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Place white fish and shrimp in a 3 1/2-quart oven-proof baking dish. Pour cheese sauce over the fish; stir until well combined.
- Scoop the flesh out of the baked potatoes and place in a large bowl; discard the skins. Add 4 tablespoons butter and season with salt and pepper. Mash with a fork until butter has melted and potatoes are smooth. Spread the mashed potatoes evenly over the top of the fish.
- Bake until sauce is bubbling and potato topping is golden brown
- about 55 minutes.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 2 hrs 5 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 35 mins
Servings: 8