Three Fish Pie

Ingredients

• 1000 gPotato
• 100 gButter
• 618 mlMilk
• 50 gGruyère
• 200 gLeek
• 75 gFlour
• 150 mlWhite wine
• 8 gParsley
• 250 gSalmon
• 500 gHake
• 6 pcsEgg

Instructions

1. 1

   Cook potatoes & make mash

   • Preheat the oven to 200 °C (180 °C fan).
   • Put the potatoes into a pan of cold salted water, bring to the boil and simmer until tender (about 15–20 min).
   • Drain, let steam off briefly and mash with 25 g butter and about 50 ml milk. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
2. 2

   Make white sauce with leeks

   • Melt 75 g butter in a wide pan, add sliced leeks and gently cook with a lid for about 10 minutes until soft.
   • Whisk 75 g flour with 150 ml white wine until smooth.
   • Add 568 ml milk to the leeks, bring to the boil, then add the wine-flour mix while stirring until the sauce thickens.
   • Season with salt, pepper and add chopped parsley.
3. 3

   Add fish & assemble

   • Season the sauce, add the fish pieces (salmon, haddock and smoked haddock) and stir over the heat for 2 minutes.
   • Spoon the fish filling into an ovenproof dish and scatter the halved hard-boiled eggs over it. Let cool slightly until firmer.
4. 4

   Top with mash & bake

   • Spread the mashed potatoes over the fish filling, roughen the surface with a fork and sprinkle with grated Gruyère.
   • Bake for 30–40 minutes until lightly golden and bubbling at the edges. Rest 5 minutes before serving.