Luxury Filo Fish Pie

Luxury Filo Fish Pie – A mix of fish and seafood in a creamy spinach sauce topped with crispy filo pastry. This will be your new favourite fish pie recipe. The filo makes it lighter than your usual mash potato topped pie but the rich, creamy filling gives a luxurious feel. There is no need to cook the fish before cooking the pie- fish cooks so quickly that it would overcook if cooked twice. Serve with crunchy seasonal green vegetables for a delicious dinner. Let me know if you try this recipe out and what you think! I’d love to see your photos- share them with me on Instagram

If you liked my Luxury Filo Fish Pie then try my other Seafood Recipes

RECIPE

Serves 4

DIFFICulty Level Home Cook

Ingredients

• 800g of mixed fish and seafood- use whatever you fancy but I used a mixture of haddock, smoked haddock, salmon, prawns, scallops and mussels
• 2 shallots or one small onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 70g butter
• 70g plain flour
• 200ml white wine or vermouth
• 500ml Fish stock (I used fish stock pots)
• 200ml double cream
• 1 tablespoon each of Dill and Parsley (fresh or dried- I used fresh parsley and dried dill)
• 2 large handfuls of baby spinach
• Salt and white pepper
• About 10 sheets of filo pastry
• Butter for the filo

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200C. Place a saucepan over a medium heat, add the butter and allow to melt. Add the shallot and garlic and cook for around 5 minutes until softened.
2. Stir in the flour to make a roux. Cook out for around 3 minutes.
3. Turn the heat down to medium low add the wine gradually, constantly stirring.
4. Add the stock in gradually, constantly stirring.
5. Finally add the cream and turn the heat up to allow the sauce to simmer. Bubble for around 3-5 minutes, stirring, until the sauce is thickened.
6. Season the sauce with salt, white pepper, the parsley and the dill. Taste and adjust to your liking. Stir through the spinach.
7. Place all the fish in a large ovenproof pie dish. Pour over the spinach sauce.
8. Melt a couple of tablespoons of butter for the filo. Take a sheet of filo, brush with butter and scrunch up, placing it on top of the pie. Repeat until the pie filling is covered with filo.
9. Bake in the oven for around 20-30 minutes until the top is crisp and golden.
10. Serve your Luxury Filo Fish Pie with green vegetables. Enjoy!!

Tips

• Use any fish you like. Fish pie mixes are an easy way to get a selection.
• Add tarragon instead of dill.
• If your sauce doesn’t thicken, mix 2 tablespoons of cornflour with 2 tablespoons of the sauce and stir in a bowl before adding to the pan and bubbling until thick.
• Use a spray oil instead of butter for the filo pastry.