Recipe: Cauliflower Fish Pie

cauliflower fish pie

With the weather beginning to get to time for winter comfort food.

This budget meal will keep you warm, isn’t too unhealthy (you can omit the cream from Step 4, and use milk instead of cream at Step 3.). A quick and easy recipe that will give you a quick dinner.

cauliflower fish pie

Cauliflower Fish Pie

Serves 6 (when served with sides or depending on how hungry you are!)

1 whole medium sized cauliflower
250ml cream
2 tablespoons of butter
1 onion finely diced
2 carrots  and diced
3 large handfuls of baby spinach
1 teaspoon mustard
2 fillets of smoked fish
2 hardboiled eggs, cut into quarters
1 handful of cheddar cheese
handful of parsley finely chopped
salt and pepper

1. Pre-heat oven to 190 degrees C.

2. Remove florets from the cauliflower and steam over boiling water until tender.

3. Place the cooked cauliflower, one tablespoon of butter, 2 tablespoons of the cream, salt and pepper in a food processor and blend until smooth. Set aside.

4. In a large frypan, melt butter and fry of onions and carrots over a gentle heat until soft. Then add spinach, the remainder of the cream, mustard and bring to a simmer. Taste for seasoning. Remove from heat and add chopped herbs.

5. In a large lasagne dish, arrange your chunks of fish and hard-boiled eggs. Pour over your cream and vegetables.

6. Carefully spread your cauliflower over the top and then top that with the cheese.

7. Bake in the oven until the cheese is melted.

Cauliflower Fish Pie

Smoked fish pie with a cauliflower cheesy creamy topping.
Course Main Course

Ingredients
  

  • 1 whole medium sized cauliflower
  • 250 ml cream
  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • 1 onion finely diced
  • 2 carrots and diced
  • 3 large handfuls of baby spinach
  • 1 teaspoon mustard
  • 2 fillets of smoked fish
  • 2 hardboiled eggs cut into quarters
  • 1 handful of cheddar cheese
  • handful of parsley finely chopped
  • salt and pepper

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat oven to 190 degrees C.
  • Remove florets from the cauliflower and steam over boiling water until tender.
  • Place the cooked cauliflower, one tablespoon of butter, 2 tablespoons of the cream, salt and pepper in a food processor and blend until smooth. Set aside.
  • In a large frypan, melt butter and fry of onions and carrots over a gentle heat until soft. Then add spinach, the remainder of the cream, mustard and bring to a simmer. Taste for seasoning. Remove from heat and add chopped herbs.
  • In a large lasagne dish, arrange your chunks of fish and hard boiled eggs. Pour over your cream and vegetables.
  • Carefully spread your cauliflower over the top and then top that with the cheese.
  • Bake in the oven until the cheese is melted.
Keyword cauliflower, fish, pie, winter food

cauliflower fish pie

Emma

Emma

Hello!

I am Emma and with my husband Mark write Foodie Explorers, which is a food and travel website.

I am a member of the Guild of Food Writers and British Guild of Travel Writers.

We have a wide range of judging experience covering products, hotels and have judged, for example, for Great Taste Awards and Scottish Baker of the Year.

Along the way Mark gained WSET Level 2 in Wine and I have WSET Level 2 in Spirits as well as picking up an award with The Scotsman Food and Drink Awards.    

Usually I can be found sleeping beside a cat.

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1 Comment

  1. Richard Pardoe

    Absolutely wonderful rand delicious recipe. Thank you.
    A revolutionary idea for me to use the cauliflower topping instead of potatoes. I am trying to cut down on carbs so it’s perfect.
    I used creme fraiche instead of cream and I used a ‘pie mix’ of fish that my fishmonger offers including salmon, smoked haddock and hake. It all worked very well

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