Fish Pie (on a budget!)

This is a lovely healthy dish and very cheap to make.

I used to blitz it up and freeze it for baby food too.

To serve 4 you will need:

4-5 peices of fish - I use the value white fish but you can use anything you like
4 eggs
Broccoli or spinach (or both)
Carrots or swede (or both)
Milk
Salt and Pepper
1oz grated cheese
Potatos
2oz plain Flour
2 oz butter

Method

Peel and chop the potatos and boil them for mashing. (I would probably use about 5-6 medium to large potatos)

Chop the vegetables, just use whatever you like, I use broccoli, carrots and swede, probably 3 carrots, half of a small swede and a medium florrett of broccoli. These need to be par boiled or steamed - whichever you have.

Put the fish in a large pan and put enough milk in to cover them. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes taking care not to let the milk boil over! Remove the fish from the pan and leave to drain and cool. Leave the milk to cool too.

Next boil the eggs until firm (about 8-9 minutes) Remove from the pan and leave to cool in cold water (this stops them from cooking anymore)

When the fish is cooled break up and check for bones, then put it into an oven proof dish along with the par-boiled vegitables.

Remove the eggs from the shell and chop into quarters. Put into the dish with the fish and vegitables.

The sauce
Melt the butter in a pan and add to it the flour, stir well and cook for about 2 minutes stirring continuously- this will cook out the taste of the flour.
Next add to it the milk that you cooked the fish in and bring to the boil. If the sauce has gone too thick you can add some more milk.

When the sauce has boiled, season to taste and pour it over the fish, veg and egg mixture. Just enough to cover the mixture is fine.

Mash the potatos and put them on top of the fish dish, sprinkle with cheese and put in a pre-heated oven (200C) for about 20-25 minutes.

And there you have it .

Fish pie on a budget!

I hope you like it.