- Fish & Seafood
Ingredients
- 400g smoked or unsmoked boneless cod
- 1 onion, peeled and quartered
- 1 bay leaf
- 400ml milk
- 25g butter, chopped into small cubes
- 25g plain flour
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- 1 tablespoon English mustard powder
- 200g can tuna
- 10 cooked king prawns
- 250g readymade puff pastry, rolled out to a 26cm disc
- Egg, beaten to glaze
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Method
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1Preheat the oven: 180°C/ Fan 160°C/ Gas Mark 6
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2Put the cod, onion and bay leaf in the frying pan and pour over the milk.
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3Cook over a medium heat for 8 minutes. Remove the fish, onion, and bay leaf from the pan.
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4Add the butter to the milk and whisk over a medium heat until melted.
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5Whisk in the flour, dried parsley, and mustard powder to form a thick glossy sauce.
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6Season to taste.
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7Put the cooked cod, prawns, and tuna into the sauce.
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8Lay the piece of pastry over the top of the fish mixture, make a small hole in the centre, and decorate as required.
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9Brush the pastry with the beaten egg and then put it into the oven to bake for 30 minutes until the pastry is golden brown.
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10Serve with side salad of your choice.