Amazing Fish Pie

I love cook books, I have been asking for them for christmas and birthdays for a few years. My favorites are Jamie Olivers. He has dead simple recipes, wonderful ideas and ingredients are stuff you almost always have. So for that reason they are inspiring to me!

Shelby got me another book for christmas, and in it was a Fish pie. A take on our Shepards pie. He used haddock or cod but I used Salmon, for that reason I also added an changed a few things. But the idea and the comfort was there!!

This is so easy to make. For those of you that already make a shepards pie with beef, this is simple, tasty and a great way to change up the everyday pie.

Recipe will be at the bottom of the page.

I started with my spuds, peel, wash and cut up spuds in smaller chunks. Add them to salted boiling water and cook until tender. Mash them with salt and pepper, butter and some milk or cream.

While the potatoes are boiling, in another pan add diced carrot, celery and onion in some olive oil and cook for 4 or 5 mins on med high heat. Add heavy cream and bring up to a boil.

Once boiling, remove from heat, add lemon, cheese, thyme and re season to taste.

In a large casserole dish or dutch oven, I poured the sauce mixture overtop of my salmon. I left the salmon raw and I used ground up salmon. Combine well.

Then add your mashed spuds on top of it to create a top layer. Dont worry about making it fancy shmancy, layer it on even pop it in the over @ 450f for 30 mins.

The salmon cooks so well in the cream sauce.

Serve by it self or with a side salad or some greens.

Ingredients:
Serves 6

1lb ground salmon ( you can get this at any supermarket)
6 or 7 large spuds
2 medium carrots (cut in quarters and dice)
2 celery stalks (cut in strips and diced)
1 med onion finely diced
6-8 sprigs of thyme (leaves only)
2 cups heavy cream
juice of 1 lemon
salt and pepper
olive oil
1-2 cups of med or aged cheddar cheese

I also love this meal, because it does not break the bank.

A great comfort food idea!!

Enjoy

Cory