I had some lemon sole and some lovely prawns in the freezer and I thought it was time to see if I liked a fish pie.  I researched the recipes, might have gone traditional, like Mary’s, with white sauce and hard boiled egg, but I decided to go with Jamie Oliver’s.  He wrote he liked his with salmon and haddock, but one can use any fish one fancies and the recipe uses no ” hideous white sauce”. It appealed to me, after a day of running after Pizion, who now crawls really fast and must be watched all the time. Dinner had to be cooked, but I had no 3 hours to spare.

While the spuds + parsnip for extra sweetness were boiling away for the mash, I grated 2 carrots, a celery stick, some lemon zest, half a chilli and some of remaining gruyere( I had no cheddar), seasoned it well, scattered my chopped sole and prawns over it, mixed it all well and added some lemon juice too. Both the zest and the juice were lovely coming through later. I piped the mash onto it and baked in the oven for about 40 minutes.

I found it lovely, not too heavy, fish was soft and flavoursome. Could have done with some parsley, but I had no fresh herbs at home. Pleased.