Fish pie

Featured recipe from

Chris and Geoff

Chris is living with MND and her husband Geoff is her main carer, who looks after most of the household routines now. Chris used to work in health and social care and still enjoys voluntary work with the MND Association, including editing her local branch newsletter.

Before he retired, Geoff was a telecoms engineer, and enjoyed his time working and living abroad, with the family.

Chris and Geoff often both appear at events to help raise awareness about MND and kindly contributed to this guide, which they feel will be a much used resource. This is their chosen recipe.

“We have a wonderful friend who loves cooking and sometimes brings meals round. My favourite is her fish pie. I hope you enjoy this too.”

Chris, living with MND

“We’ve had to change the way we do things for Chris’s diet, but we keep things simple as I’m still getting used to being the cook! Having the occasional meal delivered by a friend is so welcome.”

Geoff, carer

Back

A traditional family favourite, but soft fish is also easy to swallow, especially with the sauce. Lovely served with peas that have been puréed with mint, butter and a little cream.

Preparation time:25 minutes

Serves:2 - 4

Cooking time:Under 1 hour

Ingredients
- 600g cod fillet (or a mix of cod, salmon and smoked haddock)
- 50g shelled prawns
- 2 hard boiled eggs, sliced
- 150ml white sauce (or crème fraîche)
- 300g potatoes, peeled and chopped
- Grated cheese

Method
1. Cook the cod or fish (can be poached in milk or lightly fried with shallots and capers for extra flavour).
2. Flake the fish into a casserole dish, taking care to remove any bones and the skin.
3. Add the prawns and sliced egg, then cover with the sauce or crème fraîche. You can blend these ingredients if required, but you may need to add more sauce, crème fraîche or a little milk.
4. Boil the potatoes until soft, then mash. You can add butter and milk when mashing to soften and add richness.
5. Add the potato as the top layer to the dish and sprinkle with the grated cheese.
6. Cook in a fairly hot oven (200° C, 180° C fan oven, gas mark 6) for 35 minutes.