Old Fashioned Fish Pie Recipes

OLD FASHIONED COD FISH CAKES

Steps:

• Boil codfish until tender and flaky. Crumble in medium bowl; let cool. Boil potatoes and mash. Chop onion finely and add to cod fish. Add all other ingredients; mix thoroughly. Form into cakes and fry in hot oil until golden brown. Serve immediately.

CLASSIC OLD FASHIONED

Steps:

• Pour the simple syrup, water, and bitters into a whiskey glass. Stir to combine, then place the ice cubes in the glass. Pour bourbon over the ice and garnish with the orange slice and maraschino cherry.

OLD FASHIONED MOLASSES PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°
• Combine flour and sugar in a mixing bowl.
• Using a pastry blender, cut in butter/butter substitute until mixture is fine crumbed.
• Pour molasses in a separate mixing bowl.
• In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil.
• Add 1/4 cup boiling water and baking soda to molasses.
• Stir until mixture is foamy/frothy and rises.
• Pour molasses mixture into pie crust/tin.
• Sprinkle the flour mixture over molasses, stirring it in until combined.
• Even out top of pie.
• Just to prevent a mess - place pie tin on a cookie sheet - this pie can bake/spill over.
• Bake for about 25 minutes. Pie will rise and then start to settle.
• Cool on wire rack. We enjoy this perfectly plain, but some walnuts or pecans would compliment this nicely. Enjoy :)

OLD FASHIONED FISH PIE

Steps:

• Stick cloves into onion halves and place in a saucepan with milk, bay leaf and fish.
• Bring to the boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for about 8 minutes.
• Remove fish with fish slice and cool slightly.
• Strain cooking liquid into a jug, discard solids.
• Flake fish into large chunks, discarding any bones, then season.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat.
• Add flour and cook, stirring for 1-2 minutes.
• Add reserved liquid and cook, stirring until mixture starts to thicken.
• Add cream and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add nutmeg and herbs, then season.
• Pour over fish, then cool.
• Preheat oven to 180oC.
• Pour mixture in four 500ml pie dishes.
• Cut 1cm-wide strips from the edge of pastry sheets.
• Press around rims of dishes and brush with a little water.
• Cut off any excess pastry.
• Cut 2 small slashes in tops for steam.
• Brush pastry with egg and bake for 25 mintues or until pastry is risen and golden.

OLD FASHIONED FISH PIE

Steps:

• 1. Peel, cook and mash potatoes or use a box of instant potatoes- yukon gold or other mildly flavored mix. Set aside
• 2. Season fillets with salt, pepper then poach in a skillet on the stovetop.Once the pan starts simmering, cover and poach about 4-5 mins,using both liquids and herbs ,peas and onions. Remove fish from liquid and flake, but save some of the poaching liquid. Remove peas and onions with a slotted spoon. Discard sprigs of herbs. While poaching, preheat oven to 350.
• 3. Mix fish, peas, onions and some of the poaching liquid( 1-2 tbs.to make potatoes spreadable) with the mashed potatoes and spread in a glass pie plate or other oven-safe dish that is lightly greased. Drag a knife over the top of the potato mixture and dot with butter if you like. Bake @ 350 for about 20-25 mins until heated through and top is a little browned.