16.10.07

Erdine's Fish Pie

1 cup cooked haddock, pollock, etc
1 flaked
2 tablespoon butter or margarine
2 tablespoon flour
1 cup milk, or milk and fish
1 water
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup cooked peas
1 tablespoon onion -- grated
1 tablespoon green pepper -- chopped
2 cup mashed potatoes -- seasoned


Steam or cook the fish in water until it flakes. Prepare a white sauce with butter, flour, milk and 1/2 teaspoon salt. (Part of the white sauce liquid may be water from the cooked fish) To the white sauce add peas, grated onion, green pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Place the cooked fish in a buttered casserole; pour the sauce over
it. Top with well-seasoned mashed potato. (To freshly cooked and mashed potato, add 1 tablespoon butter, 1/2 cup milk, and salt and pepper to taste.) Bake in a hot oven 400^ for 12 minutes or until hot and bubbly.

Elegant Seafood Casserole


1 1/2 lb scrod fillet* (about 1 inch thick),; cut into 4 pieces
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon leaves
4 slice tomato
1/2 cup dry white wine, clam juice or chick; en broth
1/2 cup half and half
5 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
1 can (about 6 ounces) cooked peeled shri; mp, drained
4 servings idaho instant mashed potat; o flakes


In microwave-safe 9-inch deep dish, pie plate or shallow casserole. arrange scrod in single layer. Sprinkle with lemon juice, salt, pepper and tarragon. Top each with tomato, onion and mushrooms; add wine. Cover loosely with plastic wrap; cook on High 11 to 13 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork, rotating dish once. Meanwhile, in microwave-safe 4-cup measure, combine half and half and cornstarch
until smooth; stir in shrimp. Drain liquid from scrod into measure.

Cook on High 3 to 4 minutes or unti l thickened, stirring once. Pour sauce over scrod. Spread or decoratively pipe potatoes over sauce. Sprinkle with paprika. Cook on High 2 minutes to heat through. Makes 4 servings
Or substitute for any white fleshed fish filet

Mashed Potatoes:
In microwave-safe bowl combine 1 1/4 cups hot water, 1/2 cup milk, 2 tablespoons margarine or butter and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Stir in 1 1/3 cups mashed potato flakes Cover loosely with plastic wrap; cook on High 2 to 3 minutes or until bubbly. Stir before using.