Curried fish pie

Today we bring you a day-to-day proposal that you'll love: this is a potato pie recipe filled with curried fish. It's an adaptation that Loreto (from Sabores de Colores) has made of the well-known chef Jamie Oliver. It's very flavorful thanks to all the spices it carries, and the combination with the mashed potato is really delicious. Enjoy!

I admit that I love cookbooks, and if the photos are beautiful even more so. I also admit that it's rare for me to follow recipes to the letter — what can I do if in that regard I'm a bit rebellious?

Today, as inspiration for this delicious recipe, the culprit has been Jamie Oliver with his Comfort Food book which made me pull out the tin of spices and let my imagination fly. My recipe, the one I bring you today, is an adaptation of his: curried fish pie, an absolute delight.

I chose this recipe because it was ideal to use my Bra Infinity frying pan, a pan I'm in love with: first because its nonstick is wonderful but above all because you start, continue and finish with it; that is, we cook with it, then bake with it and serve with it.

With this I want to encourage you to prepare this version of potato pie, this time with fish instead of meat, and if that weren't enough we'll add spices.

Jamie Oliver's Comfort Food book and Bra Infinity nonstick frying pan

Ingredients (for 6 people)

• 4 garlic cloves, sliced
• 1 fresh chili or cayenne (optional)
• 6 curry leaves
• 1 ½ teaspoons mustard seeds
• 2 onions
• 2 tablespoons fresh grated ginger
• ¼ teaspoon turmeric
• ½ teaspoon Madras curry
• 400ml coconut milk
• 125gr baby spinach
• 12 peeled prawns
• 180gr cod at its point of salt, skinless and boneless
• 180gr salmon, skinless and boneless
• 3 vine tomatoes, seeds and skin removed
• Zest of 1 lemon
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Salt
• Pepper

For the mashed potatoes:

• 1.2kg potato
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• Milk (amount depends on the type of potato, about 75gr approximately)
• Salt
• Pepper
• Nutmeg

Preparation

1. We will start by placing the potatoes, previously peeled, in a pot with water and salt and cook them until tender, about 18 minutes. Set aside.
2. Meanwhile, in our Bra Infinity nonstick frying pan of 26cm pour 2 tablespoons of oil and sauté the garlic cloves together with the sliced chili, the curry leaves and the mustard seeds.
3. When it begins to release a delicious fragrance, add the onion and sweat for about 5 minutes. Add the turmeric, ginger and curry, let toast for a few seconds and add the coconut milk, the spinach and the zest of 1 lemon. Bring to a boil and cook until the spinach has lost its firmness and the sauce has thickened — this step is important as the fish will release water. Adjust salt and pepper and remove from the heat.
4. Next spread the tomatoes on top, previously chopped. Let the mixture cool.
5. While the sauce cools slightly chop the fish and prawns into cubes, bite-sized pieces. Distribute them in the pan over the sauce. Set aside.
6. All that's left is to prepare the mashed potatoes and spread them over the base we've prepared. For this, drain the potatoes and using a potato ricer press the potatoes. Then add the butter, stir with a spatula and incorporate the milk little by little until you achieve the desired texture — it should be a substantial mash so it can be shaped with a piping bag and not fall apart with the sauce. Adjust salt, pepper and nutmeg.
7. Fill a piping bag with a wide star tip and cover the entire surface of the fish filling we've prepared.
8. Bake in an oven preheated to 180ºC, remove the handle from the pan and bake for about 40 minutes, or until the surface has browned or you see the sauce bubbling at the edges.
9. Remove the pan from the oven, put the handle back on and bring to the table, place on a trivet and enjoy it hot.

Nonstick pan with removable handle for oven use Bra Infinity

This dish, like the shepherd's pie, is an ideal leftover dish. Always, with a bit of imagination, we can turn leftovers into a great Sunday dish. At home we love them, we love innovating with them and trying new combinations. And as you can see the Bra Infinity frying pan is ideal to avoid too much washing up, from stove to oven and from oven to table, a marvel!