Serves: 4
Ingredients
For the filling/sauce
40g Butter
50g Finely chopped shallots
120g leeks rondels
60g Celery stick chopped
30g Plain flour
150ml White wine
200ml Fish stock
300ml Double cream
150g Fresh white crabmeat
500g Cooked and peeled king prawns (approx 10 each)
10g Chopped chives
For the mash topping
1kg Red rooster potatoes, peeled
100g Unsalted butte
150ml Double cream
1 Egg yolk for brushing potato topping
Maldon sea salt & black pepper
Method
Pre heat the oven to 190c. For the mash, boil the potatoes in boiling salted water for 20 mins, drain, mash and mix in the butter, cream and season, fill into a piping bag and reserve.
For the sauce & filling, melt 40g butter in the sauce pan, sweat the shallots, add the flour and cook for 3 mins. Add the white wine and mix in to a smooth paste, add the fish stock ensuring the sauce is smooth, season and bring to the boil, simmer for 10 mins, add cream, bring to the boil, remove from the heat. Now add the kin prawns, crabmeat and chives, check seasoning & consistency. Place the crab and king prawn fish pie filling equally into 4 individual pie dishes or 1 large one pipe the mashed potato on the top brush with egg yolk and bake in the oven for 20-25 mins until golden brown & piping hot
Source: George Campbell & Sons, Scotland website
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