Smoked basa and leek pie
February 15, 2024
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 leek, sliced thickly
- 80g kale, sliced thickly
- 40g butter
- 40g plain flour
- 600ml semi skimmed milk
- ½ tsp sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 lemon, zested
- 2 tbsp parsley, finely chopped
- 480g smoked basa fillets, cut into large chunks
- 1 x 375g ready rolled puff pastry
- 1 egg, beaten
Ingredients
Easy
Instructions / Directions
Serves: 4- Preheat the oven to 200°C, fan 180°C, gas mark 6.
- Heat a sauté pan until medium hot, add the olive oil, onion and leek and mix well.
- Cover with a lid and cook on a gentle heat for 5 minutes until softened.
- Add the kale and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, tip the butter, flour and milk into a saucepan and bring to a simmer, stirring constantly.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes until thickened then season with salt and black pepper.
- Stir in the lemon zest and parsley and cook for 1 minute.
- Pour the sauce into the vegetable pan and mix together.
- Fold the smoked basa into the mixture then pour into an ovenproof dish.
- Unroll the pastry over the dish, trimming at the edges.
- Brush the egg over the pastry.
- Cut the remaining pastry into fish shapes and place on top, then brush with egg.
- Place in the oven to bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown and the fish is cooked through.