Fantastic Fish Pie

 

Fantastic Fish Pie

•  Serves: 6

6 pts

 

5 large potatoes, peeled and diced

2 medium eggs

150g fresh spinach

Salt and black pepper

1 tbsp olive oil

1 onion, finely chopped

1 carrot, finely chopped

2 tbsp plain flour

200ml skimmed milk

150g Quark (virtually fat free soft cheese)

115g half fat Cheddar cheese, grated

Juice of 1 lemon

1 heaped tsp English mustard

3 tbsp freshly chopped parsley

500g cod fillet, skinned and cut into strips

 

Preheat the oven to 230oC, gas mark 8. Cook the potatoes in boiling salted water for 10 minutes. At the same time, steam the spinach in a colander over the boiling potatoes for 1 minute. In a separate pan hard boil the eggs for around 8 minutes. Remove the spinach and squeeze out the excess juices. Mash the potato with salt and pepper to taste. Cut the eggs into quarters.   Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the onion and carrot, add the flour and cook for 1 minute. Blend in the milk and bring to the boil, stirring. Stir in the Quark, cheese, lemon juice, mustard, parsley, salt and pepper.   Put the spinach, fish and eggs in an ovenproof dish. Pour over the sauce and top with mashed potato. Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden.