This week, Rick shows us how to make a classic fish pie, one of his favourite dishes. Using hake, prawns, smoked haddock, and monkfish, with a special addition of boiled eggs for a tasty surprise.
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I like a sprinkling of grated cheese on top of mine. Rick you are cruel – trying to get smoked haddock here in Spain is like trying to find gold in the rubbish bin.
Great, trad method, Rick Stein. But a proper fish pie should contain only FISH! 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟
Preferably WHITE fish, either smoked or unsmoked (white fish is the traditional/classic choice for this dish), and/or some delicious fresh salmon, which also works beautifully with the pie's other elements.
Crucially, the chosen fish should be skinless and boneless, to deliver the winning, irresistible, silky-smooth, fish pie mouth-feel, that everyone from four to 100, adores – and which made this dinner a winner!
Fish, carefully poached in whole milk (milk which is later used to make the delicious, nutritious, white/parsley/cheese sauce that creates the ultimate comfort food), is the key ingredient of this dreamy, creamy British supper dish.
What a classic, perfect fish pie does NOT need, is prawns, or any other kind of seafood/crustacean that isn't simple, conventional FISH. Keep it simple and classic folks, for the finest version of this classic recipe. If that means one kind of fish only, Go For It! Your guests will thank you.
I guarantee if the fish is fresh, good quality and poached with love, you'll have empty plates and pleas for seconds right around that dinner table!
A view from the Uk. This is going to upset a lot of Steinites. 2 things; Never put hard boiled eggs in a fish pie, that's just filling and does not add anything to it, flavour or otherwise, (it's an old cooks trick to bulk out poor mans food). The mashed potatoes were too runny. The object of the potato is to be a "carrier" of the sauce not part of it, to give the dish texture. I would have crisped the top more. Sorry Steinites, Delia's fish pie is nearer the original. Yes i cook and have cooked it good, bad, and indifferently. With capers, anchovies, cloves, even star anise. Here's a question next time you are speaking to a tv chef ; does he "cook" his rue, or just amalgamate the butter with the flour until it is a paste?
3 times that fish was cooked and reheated ,dose of the shits with that
You are a cuisine magician, Rick! Our supermarket only had cod, monkfish, and nice shrimps. I am typing this laying on the floor 🤩
I’ve had your famous fish pie at the Bannisters resorts in Australia. They were served with a savoury crumble top. Any reason why?
I wonder whether RIP OFF RICK Charged himself £250.00 for that meal!
And not charge a fortune for it 😂
I’ve made Ricks pie many times however I was always under the impression you should buy the smoked haddock with skin on to impart more flavour to the bechamel sauce. Did Rick really refer to it as a Court Bouillon?
Fish pie……….bloody disgusting.
Rick influenced me years ago while I was chef at a restaurant in Sevenoaks, his energy gave me the most popular inland fish dining experience for miles. Have always admired him.🙌❤️
What is "double cream"? Is that what we would call heavy cream in the United States?
Never seen a roux so raw
Is it an instructional video or musical interlude? I'll find something similar elsewhere. 🤨
Never had fish pie growing up but my family used to make salted fish with a buttery béchamel over top and they used the water from the boiled salt fish and onions to make it and of course that was served with mashed potatoes….. so I imagine I make the pie with the cooked salt fish and adding prawns and cut up pieces of fresh fish
I can’t wait to try the pie now
Your recipe looks great
Fish pie is good enough to eat anytime . Love it.just include any fish, hard boiled eggs , parsley sauce, prawns smoked haddock, muscles, etc. ❤ yum yum ! ❤
That looks absolutely spectacular
Yummy
#govegan
Nothing better than to learn from Rick Stein. Mmmmm delicious english fish pie yummy
Perfect!
I make one almost the same, but with dill instead of parsley.
Flipping awesome!!
I like to add some softened thinly sliced leeks and just a little grated parmesan to the sauce
Cost ?
So pleased there is no cheese in the sauce.
I am fortunate enough to have had it in his restaurant in Barnes (London.)
A Michelin rated Fish Pie: by far the most decadent and downright moreish, delicious Fish pie ever! 🦐🥘 At £22, it's a bit steep but I find it far better than the few Michelin Star restaurants I've had seafood dishes in (Lobster porridge, ugh.)
I loved the simple way you present your show. Just returned from UK where fish pie is wonderful. However here in Marin, North San Francisco looking for Haddock is impossible so salmon instead. Another fan. Thank you.