What's the secret ingredient that makes your FISH PIE great?

[franch]

Continuing the Franch 'secret ingredients for basic dishes' series ....

A bay leaf fresh from my bay tree when making the sauce

How about a spoonful or two of wholegrain mustard?

Scallops, mmmmm

mustard in the mash

Would agree with all of these.

Cheese.

I can't make fish pie at all and I do love it so. Recently had a fab one in one of those posh, British food sort of restaurants. Two types of fish and prawns and the best mashed potato ever. And green beans. So good. Just thinking about it makes me drool.

Very thick white sauce using the milk that the fish was poached in. Also, HUGE prawns! Yum!

oh and are you home tomorrow early evening? I can pass through on my way to my sisters.

creme fraiche (we use the half fat one - think it's a tiny bit thinner than the v thick full fat) instead of white sauce. Mmmmm.

A Trace of nutmeg in the sauce, parsley in the sauce, small amount of cheese on top of the mash, v lightly mashed in.

v simple fish pie.
Delis's basic cheese sauce, sweetcorn and fish (mix of smoked and unsmoked) topped with potato and grated cheese

foxinsocks - I was planning to make 2 pies, one to freeze. Will that work with the creme fraiche sauce?

let me know. I'm with a client for a de-brief at 3pm and so will be about 5ish. [hopeful ]

(the freezing bit i mean, fox, not the making 2 pies ...)

Sweetcorn is the devil's pustules.It has no place in a fishpie or indeed in anything else unless it is
a.) eateen off the cob
b.) baby sweetcorn in SE Asian cooking

Pixie,how are things with the baban?

Hard-boiled eggs, sliced.

I want one now. Is the sauce bechamel or is it cheese sauce? And do I cook the fish first?

I don't know . I have never got this whole freezing thing - I'm really crap at remembering that I have it in the freezer and then I bugger up the defrosting bit. I would think creme fraiche would be Ok though?

Dill, chives, boiled eggs, and lemon juice.
My mouth is watering, typing this!

NOT cheese sauce on the fish - it will overwhelm the fishiness. imho.

And NOT sweetcorn. The other recipes (shepherds pie and bolognaise) were infested with sweetcorn.

Admissable in Moondogs list, corn chowder, sweetcorn fritters only.

Never, ever on Pizza. I don't even buy pizzas from anywhere that features a pizza with sweetcorn or pineapple!

Well, not often, anyway.

Sweetcorn only acceptable in cob form. And of course tuna sweetcorn pasta if you're a child. Lurking around in other dishes not on.
Someone give me a fish pie recipe please. No sweetcorn and I'm unconvinced by egg.

Good point re corn chowder and sweetcorn fritters.
Both excellent.