Basic fish pie - does this sound alright?

[Holymoly321]

Bought 425g fillet of cod in Morrisons today as it was on special offer. Am thinking of making a fish pie that I can then freeze pts of for Ds's. Have not got a recipe but have these in fridge - would they be ok chopped up, fried then mashed with cooked flaked fish in a cheese sauce and topped with mashed potato?
Leek, Onion, Carrot, brocolli and peas.
Thanks

When you say fried, do you mean softened in some oil in the way that you do when starting a casserole?

For me, I would soften the onion, leek & carrot and add to the fish mixture. Then I'd put the peas in straight from the freezer, but the broccoli I would probably steam first and then rinse in icy cold water so it keeps its colour. Sorry to over complicate, but I think if you just put it in with the leeks & onion it might stay a bit hard.

For me, I always make a white sauce rather than a cheese sauce for fish pie, and use the milk that I've poached the fish in - but that's just personal taste, plenty of people do a cheese sauce.

Chickiolina (that's a name to conjour with),

I would fry off the onions/leeks/carrots, then poach in milk with fish. When the fish is cooked, take out and flake, Thicken up milk to creamy consistency and season to taste. Add fish, peas and (partially cooked) brocolli. I would probably also add some hard boiled egg to bulk it out a little and then cover with mashed potato.

When you reheat before serving, you could scatter a little grated cheese on the top.

thanks ladies

Chuck in some chopped up hardboiled egg too if you have it. Always tops it off I think.

any more advice following on from original op please I've woken this thread up in the hope someone can tell me how to thicken up the milk to creamy consistency as Silverwood suggests.... have cod and some fresh prawns....no leek....but I do have spring onions and other veg....would spring onions be ok?

Jamie Oliver has one were you bung the raw fish in, add grated veg and cheese and then top with mash

no sauce, but it's quite tasty

Melt an ounce of butter gently in a saucepan, and stir in a tablespoon or so of flour until it looks like baby sick. Then stir in a tablespoon of milk at a time until it's smooth. If you want cheese or other seasoning, add it at the end and keep on the gentle heat until it melts.

Any veg is fine, just cook it off first so it's a similar consistency to the cooked fish.

Just realied my fish is frozen! I can't poach frozen fish can I?

purple....did you really just use baby sick as an analogy in cooking???

Well it made me laugh anyway.

Yes you can poach fish from frozen. As you're making a fish pie it's going to spend quite a long time getting cooking on and in the oven.

The baby sick method of white sauce making is the one I use too.

Yes, because afaik that's exactly what it looks like! If I said "make a roux" would you have a clue what it was supposed to be?

I always chuckle when making chocolate brownies and they get to "dropping consistency"

I always did roux's to thicker than baby sick, or to very sick baby sick I suppose. I use the all in one method now. Can't believe all the time I wasted in the past!

I have a terrible admission to make. I'm not a mum so don't have an awful lot of experience of baby sick

My roux's used to be really quite solid, but I've recently started putting a bit less flour in (cba with scales, I know what an ounce of flour looks like lol) and it makes the sauce smoother.

What's the all in one method?

Chuck milk in a pan, add butter and flour and heat. Whisk fairly frequently. Produces a lovely sauce with no risk of lumps.