white sauce in fish pie

[sasa15]

do you add white sauce in fish pie?
how do you cook the fish before putting up the pie

this is the best fish pie i've ever had

this is the best fish pie i've ever had

what's the heavy cream that is mentioned?

I poach the fish in milk for five minutes then remove and set aside with foil over. Use the milk to make a roux sauce. Flake fish into bottom of dish - add eggs, prawns, whatnot. Cover with mash. Meduim oven for 15 mins. Grill top.

Bingo!

(can also do above but in puff pastry w/out potato - my dad called this 'russian fish pie' don't ask me why!)

we used double, put a bit of ntmeg in too. fish pie really is an underrated meal

presume they mean double cream when they talk about heavy cream
I do what dimpledthighs does -
pach fish in milk with knob of butter.
Make a roux (flour and butter), slowly add the milk and whisk. I add some grated cheese into this as well. Also, if you want, you can add veg (mine love peas/french beans/carrot etc) along with the fish. Grated cheese on top of the mash adds a nice crunchy top

Do you cover the fish with this roux sauce,
then vegetebles and mash potatoes on top?

stick in the oven?

yes - exactly that.

So fish, egg, prawns etc on the bottom in a roux sauce (with veg if using) then layer of mash (like shepherds pie). my dad did the eggs sliced in a layer between fish in sauce and pots.