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freezing a fish pie?

21 replies

cupcakes · 15/02/2007 14:09

I'm making two fish pies today - one to eat tonight and one to freeze. For the freezer one should I prepare it up to the point it goes in the oven and then freeze it or should I cook it and then freeze later.

Which will reheat best?
And how long does fish (cooked or uncooked) keep in the freezer?

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cupcakes · 15/02/2007 15:46

sorry, I know it's boring...

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cupcakes · 15/02/2007 16:39

a hopeful bump.

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Ceolas · 15/02/2007 16:41

I would do the former, on the basis that that's what I would do with a cottage pie.

But I hate fish

FluffyMummy123 · 15/02/2007 16:41

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RTKangaMummy · 15/02/2007 16:44

I asked my mum this last week and she said the white sauce may separate and mashed potato go watery - so i didn't freeze it we ate it instead

RTKangaMummy · 15/02/2007 16:45

sorry didnt answer your question

cupcakes · 15/02/2007 16:46

just in time - I'll freeze it pre-cooking then.

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RTKangaMummy · 15/02/2007 16:52

oke doke

twelveyeargap · 15/02/2007 16:52

Not sure what you're supposed to do, but I have frozen cooked (pastry) fish pies successfully.

The sauce was the regular roux based white sauce.

Perhaps I was lucky, but I have eaten the reheats (oven from frozen) and they were lovely and I'm still alive!

Sheraz · 15/02/2007 16:55

Does it have cod in it everything else on MN does?!!!

twelveyeargap · 15/02/2007 16:59
Grin
RTKangaMummy · 15/02/2007 17:01

lol

ours was cod, smoked haddock and salmon and it was deffo brill

cupcakes · 15/02/2007 17:09

the one for tonight is haddock and I'm freezing a cod one.

are they nice mixed together?

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RTKangaMummy · 15/02/2007 17:11

It is sooooooo tasty

RTKangaMummy · 15/02/2007 17:11

The white sauce had parsley in it

RTKangaMummy · 15/02/2007 17:13

This is the receipe we used

Fish Pie
Chef: Aldo Zilli
Category: Fish
Serves: 4
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 35 minutes

INGREDIENTS
? 225g / 8 oz smoked haddock
? 250g / 9 oz cod fillets
? 100g / 3 ½ oz diced raw salmon
? 1 lemon
? 1 tsp black peppercorns
? 1 bay leaf
? 1 lemon thyme sprig
? 150ml / 5 fl oz milk
? 150ml / 5 fl oz water
? 25g / 1 oz unsalted butter
? 25g / 1 oz flour
? 3 tbsp freshly chopped parsley
? 3 hard boiled eggs, roughly chopped
? salt and ground black pepper
? broccoli, to serve

FOR THE MASH
? 450g / 1lb potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters
? milk
? butter
? grated cheese

METHOD
? In a saucepan add the cod fillets, smoked fillets, milk, water, peppercorns, lemon, bay leaf and thyme.
? Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and cook for a further 8 minutes until the fish is nearly cooked.
? Strain, making sure to reserve the cooking liquid.
? Wait until the fish is cool and then skin and debone, flake into a bowl.
? Melt the butter in a small pan and add the flour, stir continuously and cook for about a minute, add the milk/water mix that the fish was cooked in a bit at a time, stirring (or whisking) all the time to ensure there are no lumps, continue adding until you have made a white sauce. Add the parsley, and season with salt and pepper.
? Meanwhile cook the potatoes until soft and then mash with the butter and milk, season to taste.
? Add the raw salmon to the cooked fish and then add the eggs, and white sauce mix together with a wooden spoon and then transfer to an oven proof dish. Preheat the oven to 200C / 400F.
? Spread the mash over the fish mixture ensuring it is evenly distributed, dot with some butter and sprinkle with grated cheese, cook for about 20-25 minutes until the top is golden brown and the inside bubbling.
? Serve immediately with some broccoli.

twelveyeargap · 15/02/2007 17:18

I do mine in a similar way. I do 2/3 white fish and 1/3 smoked fish. Not keen on salmon or prawns in fish pies (I have simple tastes...). I think cod, haddock etc are interchangable. I've used coley when I had to make a large number of fish pies on a small budget. It looks less appetising (a bit grey), but tastes just as good.

RTKangaMummy · 15/02/2007 17:22

Weird thing about coley was that I looked at it in Tesco and it was more expensive than cod

This was the frozen coley/cod

twelveyeargap · 15/02/2007 17:24

How odd. I bought it in Iceland that time. Only time I've ever shopped there!

Was doing food for a church homeless shelter so was trying to find the cheapest stuff.

RTKangaMummy · 15/02/2007 17:27

Tesco 6 Cod Portions 540g £2.54
(£4.71/kg)

Tesco 6 Coley Portions 540g £2.67
(£4.95/kg)

Weird imho

twelveyeargap · 15/02/2007 17:28

Very. I def wouldn't pay more for coley than cod.

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