Smoky trout pie and mash

"I had the famous snapper pie at The Boathouse at Blackwattle Bay many years ago and have given it a crack at home. I draw inspiration from the original but in my version, the trout is the star."

Smoky trout pie and mash Credit: Adam Liaw

• serves

  4

• prep

  30 minutes

• cook

  30 minutes

• difficulty

  Mid

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Ingredients

• 400 g hot smoked trout, skin and bones discarded, flaked
• ¼ cup roughly chopped dill
• ¼ cup roughly chopped parsley
• 1-2 sheets butter puff pastry, defrosted
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• Geraldton wax flowers, to serve
• Dutch cream potato mash, to serve

Sauce

• 100 g unsalted butter, diced
• 2 onions, diced
• 100 ml fish stock
• 40 g (¼ cup) plain flour
• 250 ml (1 cup) milk
• salt and pepper, to taste
• pinch of nutmeg

Dutch cream potato mash

• 1 kg Dutch cream potatoes, scrubbed
• 100 g butter
• 200 ml pouring cream

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 200˚C.
2. For the sauce, melt half the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until soft and translucent. Try not to let them brown too much. Add the fish stock and simmer until reduced a little. Transfer to a small food processor or blender and blitz until smooth.
3. Melt the remaining butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the flour and stir until bubbling and golden. Gradually whisk in the milk until well combined. Add the onion mixture and season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Gently stir in the flaked trout and herbs.
4. Divide the fish mixture between 4 ramekins. Cut out circles from the puff pastry large enough to cover them well. Place the pastry on top of each ramekin and brush with beaten egg. Place on a tray and bake for 20 minutes or until golden and puffed.
5. Meanwhile, for the mash, bring a large saucepan of lightly salted water to the boil. Add the potatoes and simmer until tender. Drain well, then stand in the colander for 5 minutes before slipping off the skins. Return the potatoes to the pan and shake over low heat to help dry them out a little. Mash until smooth, then gradually add the butter and cream until well combined. Season to taste.
6. Garnish the pies with Geraldton wax flowers and serve with the Dutch cream potato mash.

 

Photography by Adam Liaw.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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