Guernsey Whiting Pie

You can’t beat a good piece of local fish. Try out this local lovely … Guernsey Whiting pie.

Ingredients

• 57g (2 oz) Guernsey whiting or other locally caught fish
• 568ml (1 pt) Guernsey Milk
• 57g (2 oz) plain flour
• 114g (4 oz) butter
• 3 tbls chopped parsley
• 1 tbls lemon juice
• Some Seasoning
• 900g (2 lbs) freshly cooked potatoes
• 142ml (1/4 pt) Guernsey milk
• 28g (1 oz) butter
• A little nutmeg

Preparation

1. Cook fish in 1/2pt milk (ie half the milk).
2. Pour off cooking liquid & keep to one side.
3. Remove skin and flake fish into fairly large pieces.
4. Make sauce by melting 3oz butter in a saucepan, stir in the flour, gradually add fish liquid gathered earlier and then the remaining milk.
5. Season with salt and pepper.
6. Add the fish, then pour the mix into a 1.5 l (2.5 pt) baking dish, well buttered.
7. Cream the cooked potatoes with butter and 1/4pt milk, adding some freshly grated nutmeg
8. Spread the creamed potatoes evenly over the fish.
9. Bake at 200C (400F; Gas Mk 6) for 30 mins, until the potato topping is golden.
10. To make extra special add 4oz peeled prawns or 2oz chopped fried mushrooms and some sweetcorn.