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Mike Van de Elzen: Fennel and smoked fish pie

Author
Mike Van de Elzen,
Publish Date
Sun, 7 Nov 2021, 11:20am
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Mike Van de Elzen: Fennel and smoked fish pie

Author
Mike Van de Elzen,
Publish Date
Sun, 7 Nov 2021, 11:20am

1 kg smoked fish听

1 fennel听bulb, finely diced reserve the fronds for later听

2 onions, peeled and diced 3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed听

4 free range eggs, hard boiled, peeled and chopped听

6 medium potatoes, peeled and diced听

3 tbsp unsalted butter听

2 tbsp oil听

4 tbsp flour听

1 cup grated tasty cheese听

1 tbsp听Dijion听mustard听

Place the potatoes into a medium pot and cover with cold water and a pinch of salt, bring to the boil and simmer until tender. Drain straight away and cover with a听tea towel听to steam dry for 2 minutes. Add the potatoes back into the dry pot and mash the potatoes, adding in 1/2 cup of milk and 3/4 cup of grated cheese.听Set aside.

In a heavy based pot, add in the butter and oil and then over a low heat听saut茅听the onions, garlic and fennel until soft. Add in the flour and continue to cook for a further 2 minutes. Slowly add in the milk a little at a time, stirring after each addition. Allow to boil and cook out for a couple of minutes before adding the crumbled fish, boiled eggs, fennel fronds and mustard.听

Check the seasoning Heat the oven up to 170 fan听bake. Fill a 30cmx15cm baking dish with the fish mix and smooth out, followed by the mash and finally the remaining grated cheese. Bang it into the middle of the oven and bake for 35-40 minutes. Once bubbling hot, serve and enjoy.

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