Description
It’s almost like a shepherd’s pie but with fish and spinach. Great dish for a cold gloomy day. It’s Irish comfort food at its best.
Ingredients
- 1 pound cod fillets, cut into chunks
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 ½ tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups warm milk, or more as needed
- 1 cup shredded sharp white Cheddar cheese
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
- ½ cup minced onion
- 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste
- 1 clove garlic, pressed
- 2 cups mashed potatoes
- 1 cup shredded yellow Cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Arrange cod in a single layer in a large baking dish; set aside.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Whisk in flour
- and stir until the mixture becomes paste-like and light golden brown
- 2 to 5 minutes.
- Gradually whisk warm milk into the flour mixture and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Whisk until the sauce is thick and smooth
- about 5 minutes.
- Whisk in white Cheddar cheese
- then mix onion
- spinach
- salt
- and black pepper into the sauce.
- Remove saucepan from heat and stir in garlic. If sauce is too thick
- stir in more warm milk
- 1 tablespoon at a time.
- Pour sauce over fish in baking dish.
- Layer mashed potatoes on top.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes
- then sprinkle with yellow Cheddar cheese. Continue baking until fish is easily flaked with a fork
- 15 to 20 minutes more.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Servings: 6