Making a non mushy fish pie

[GiraffeNecked]

I know it’s comfort food....but when I make 9ne it just seems to end up as mushy or stodgy. Any tips or good recipes.?

Hmmm... by sheer fact of recipe, it tends to be 'wet'. Have you tried playing about with it a bit? For example, I use a sauce made from the milk I poach the fish in, but you could stir something like garlic and herb soft cheese into the fish mix which would create less mush.

Don't add too much sauce.
Add some veg/ chunks of egg.
Don't cut your fish too small
Or overcook it/stir it until the pieces break.
Use mash rather than creamed potato: it is heavier but less wet.

Alternatively, I used to make a fish pie with layered cooked potato slices, spinach leaves and Chunks of raw fish. Press down so the dish is full and then pour in seasoned beaten egg to fill all the cracks. Bake until the egg is firm and the fish cooked. It was years ago so it had sliced tomatoes and grated cheese on the top which is very old fashioned now, but was served in wedges and so delicious: definitely not wet.

do not cook the fish, just cut it into large chunks

and the sauce needs to be barely pourable, anything runny will get watery

I put frozen peas or spinach into the bottom of the dish, put fish over, also boiled egg quarters, prawns too if I have them, really thick sauce over then layer on the mashed potatoes....lots of butter and cream in them and into a really hot oven for about 40 minutes, until the top is toasty and brown