Baked Smoked Eel Pie Food

BAKED SMOKED EEL PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cut the vegetables into 1 inch pieces and separately steam until tender.
• Check mussels and discard bad ones.
• Heat wine in a pan, add the mussels and cover.
• Cook over high heat for a few minutes until mussels open, discarding any that are still closed.
• Remove the mussel meat from the open shells.
• Cut the eels into 2 inch pieces.
• Heat oil in a frying pan, add the eel pieces, and cook quickly to brown all over.
• Season well and place in the bottom of a 9 1/2 inch square pie dish, about 1 1/2 inch deep.
• Scatter the vegetables over the eels and season, then add mussels.
• Pour over the fish stock and dot with butter.
• Cut out a strip of pastry about 3/4 inch wide and press on to the rim of the pie dish.
• Then cut out an oval piece of pastry, which is just larger all around than the dish.
• Brush a little water over the pastry rim and top with the pastry lid.
• Press together to seal, then trim off excess pastry, knock up the edges and flute.
• Brush a little beaten egg over the lid and use a sharp knife to make a hole in the center.
• Bake the pie for about 20 minutes, or until the pastry has risen and is golden brown.
• Remove from the oven and allow the pie to cool for 10 minutes before eating.

SMOKED FISH PIE

Steps:

• Melt butter over a low heat.
• Add flour and salt n pepper and cook until it resembles bread crumbs.
• Remove from heat and add cream and milk gradually stirring between each addition with a whisk.
• Put back onto heat and stir until thick.
• Saute' onion in a little olive oil, add curry powder and cook until onion is clear and curry is aromatic.
• Chop dill finely and add onion, curry, dill and parsley to white sauce.
• Flake up fish and add to sauce, fold in gently and put into pie dish.
• Lightly mash together Kumara, garlic and salt n pepper.
• Lay evenly over fish and sauce, sprinkle grated cheese on top then bread crumbs and top with a sprinkle of paprika.
• Bake at 170 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes.