Smoked Trout Fish Pies Food

SMOKED TROUT PIE

Steps:

• Remove the trout flesh from the bones, and set aside in a bowl.
• Place the bones into a medium sized saucepan and pour over cold water to half-fill the pan and bring to the boil for 10 minutes to make stock.
• Meanwhile, heat butter and boil in a frying pan over low heat and sauté the capsicum/bell pepper and fennel bulb until soft.
• Strain the stock into a jug, you need approximately 300 ml.
• Add the stock to the capsicum/bell pepper and fennel and simmer until it has reduced by half.
• Add the cream and trout and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add the dill, lime zest and juice and cook a further 2 minutes.
• Place the trout mixture into one pie dish or two individual dishes.
• Tear the bread into pieces and place on a baking tray and place in the oven until golden brown on a low heat (about 150C) until they are dried out and scatter the toasted bread pieces on top of the pie and sprinkle with parmesan.
• Cook under a preheat grill/broiler for 2 minutes until golden and cheese is melted.
• Top with dill and fennel fronds.

FISH PIE - TROUT

Steps:

• Butter 3 pie dishes.
• Cut the potatoes into even sized pieces and boil until tender. Drain and mash with a tablespoon of butter and some milk, season with salt and pepper - set aside.
• Meanwhile, place the cleaned fish in a baking dish, tucking the bay leaves inside the fish and add the 2 table spoons of water. Cover tightly with foil and bake in a moderate oven until just done. (my fish tend to be big and take about 30 mins).
• Take the fish from the oven and let cool in the tin still covered in the foil. When cool, remove skin and bones and flake the fish in large flakes evenly into the 3 buttered pie dishes.
• Make the sauce by taking the milk and the juices from the fish and put these into a sauce pan with the spinach and parsley. Add 2 desert spoons of slaked (with milk) cornflour to thicken and salt and pepper to season.
• Cook for a couple of minutes until the sauce has thickened then pour over the fish in each pie dish.
• Top each pie with mashed potato and bake in a moderate oven intil golden brown on top. (about 35 -40 mins depending on size of pies).
• Each pie serves 2 very hungry people.
• Serve with additional vegies if liked.

SMOKED TROUT FISH PIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Melt the butter in a saucepan, then stir in the flour for 1 min. Gradually stir in the milk and horseradish, if using. Bubble the sauce to thicken for a couple of mins, then add the dill, three-quarters of the onions, the lemon zest, fish and some seasoning. Pour into 4 individual pie dishes or 1 large pie dish.
• Mix the mashed potato with the remaining spring onion. Spoon over the fish mixture, then bake for 15-20 mins until golden and bubbling.

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.