The Efx3 Recipe Collection

Ingredients:

800g firm white fish, skinless and boneless (I used 200g smoked haddock, 200g salmon, 400g cod)
570 ml milk
110g butter
50g flour
3 hard boiled eggs, chopped
1 tablespoon of capers or gherkins, chopped (optional but well worth putting in)
2 tablespoons of chopped fresh dill
1 tablespoon lemon juice
salt and black pepper to season

Topping/Serving

900g freshly boiled potatoes mashed with 50g butter, 50ml milk and freshly grated nutmeg (in my humble opinion, it should be illegal to mash potatoes without nutmeg)

Around 30 mins to prepare, then 30 mins-1 hour cooking time , depending if you put the potato topping on the pie or serve separatley

400f/200c

Method

1 . Put the fish in a baking tin, season lightly, dot with 25g of the butter and pour over half the milk, bake for 15-20 mins

2. Pour off and reserve the cooking liquid, break the fish into fairly large chunks

3. To make the sauce, melt the remaining butter, stir in the flour. Gradually add the cooking liquid and the remaining milk

4. Mix in the fish, eggs, capers, dill and lemon juice, and check and adjust the seasoning

5. At this point you can put back into the baking tin, cover with the mashed potato and bake for 30 mins, but I prefer to serve the mash on the side.

Prawns or mussels would also be good stirred into this!

just a thought, i bet the crumble topping would be good on this