This is what we want! You can see in the photo above just how thick my sauce is. Once these have softened, stir through some flour and slowly add the broth (I like to use seafood or shrimp stock, but vegetable will work too). To make the creamy sauce, start by cooking off some onion and garlic in butter. The sauce is a mixture of broth and cream cheese! This gives it a great flavor, and also means it has lower calories than a traditional heavy cream/double cream sauce. This will help keep it tender as your pie cooks. The fish doesn't need to be cooked before you add it to the sauce. You can use frozen fish, just ensure it has been defrosted and patted dry before you use it. But don't make the pie with all smoked fish as this can be overpowering. If you can find smoked fish then adding some into the mixture really ads so much great flavor. You want chunky pieces so go for something like: Really you can use any white fish for this pie. You just want to ensure that you have 1.7lb/800g in total. You can use one type of fish, or mix it up and use 2 or 3 different types. So this comes down to what you can find at the fishmongers or grocery store. If you can't find puff pastry then a rolled sheet of pie crust will work too. Try and find the ones made with butter rather than margarine, they have a better flavor. You can find ready rolled sheets of frozen puff pastry in the freezer section of the grocery store. Puff pastry is amazing! Fluffy layers of crisp buttery pastry that puff up in the oven to give you a wonderful golden topping.
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The pastry makes this so much easier and it tastes good! Winner Winner Fish Pie Dinner! The Puff Pastry Top So say hello to a pastry/pie crust topping! Yes, I know mashed potato isn't hard, but just that extra step could be the make or break point of our evening. I love it like that but I don't know about you, midweek when the kids have after school clubs and we need dinner quickly, the thought of making mashed potato doesn't appeal. Let's talk pies! Especially Fish pie! Traditionally the British Fish Pie is topped with mashed potato, or cheesy mashed potato if my mum was making it.