Fishy pie

  • medium
  • 6
  • 1 hour 20 minutes
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Treat the family to something a bit different with Andy Waters' fish pie recipe with its' brilliant presentation and delicious filling. No mashed potato here - Waters' encases a creamy cod, leek, mushroom and rice mix in flaky puff pastry shaped into fishy shapes, an excellent chance to let your creativity run wild!

First published in 2015

Ingredients

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Equipment

  • Pastry brush

Method

1
Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas mark 6
2
Place a saucepan over a medium heat. Heat the sunflower oil, then gently fry the basmati rice until translucent, then add the water
3
Bring to the boil, turn down the heat and leave to gently simmer for 10 minutes. Cover the saucepan, remove from the heat and leave to stand for 15 minutes
4
In a separate pan, melt the butter. Add the leeks and garlic and cook over a medium heat until soft but not coloured
5
Add the mushrooms and stir. Once the mushrooms begin to release their liquid, place the cod on top of the mushrooms and leeks. Cover the pan, lower the heat and steam for 10 minutes
6
Carefully remove the cod from the pan and set aside
7
Remove the pan from the heat. Stir the rice into the leek and mushrooms. Add the chopped dill and sour cream
  • 15g of dill, chopped
  • 175g of half-fat sour cream
8
Flake the cod into the mixture and stir gently to combine
9
Roll out the pastry as thin as possible and cut into 12 equally-sized fish shapes. Set aside on a baking tray lined with parchment paper
  • 450g of puff pastry
10
Spoon some of the mixture onto 6 of the pastry bases, leaving a 1 inch gap at the edges. Top each open pie with another fish-shaped layer of pastry
11
Crimp the edges and egg wash the pastry. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes until golden brown. Serve immediately
First published in 2015

Andy Waters helped put the Midlands on the gastronomic map when he won a Michelin star in 2003 for Edmunds. The award came within six months of opening and the restaurant went on to be named restaurant of the year by Harden's Guide.

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