Irish Cod Pie Topped With Mashed Potatoes

"A Hearty Seafood, Irish Dish. Comfort food. An good, easy one dish meal.Try garlic mashed potatoes or my Mashed potatoes and cauliflower with roasted garlic I make this so to disguise cauliflower. recipe #47281"
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Place cod fillets in the bottom of a 8x8x2 buttered oven dish.Place dish on a cookie sheet pan because there will be sauce that escapes and runs down the outside of the casserole dish.
  • Make a cheese sauce by mixing 2 oz each of butter and flour, 1/2 liter of milk and 3 1/2 oz grated cheese cook till slightly thickened: pour over fish.
  • Top with mashed potatoes sprinkle grated cheese over them and dot with butter.
  • Bake in a hot oven (450 F) for 25-30 minutes, until the potatoes are golden brown.
  • Optional -- I just made this again and put in 2 sliced scallions into the cheese sauce after it was cooked{step #2}.Garnish with scallions.
  • Optional -- 1/2- 1 cup peeled and deviened Shrimp added unto the fish gives some added flavor as well!

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Reviews

  1. Very good! The sauce made mashed potatoes to liquid, but when it is cooler, it will be more in one piece. Anyway, it tasted great! The cheese in top made the nice tasty crust!
     
  2. The flavor was fantastic. (I used havarti.) However, I didn't make the mash thick enough; it melted into the sauce. You definitely want to make thick mashed potatoes for this. In addition, the fish wasn't done when the top was browned. That really surprised me. I took it out and microwaved it for 90 seconds. My sister, who cooks more than I do, said that she thought the fish should have been seared before placing in the sauce. However, other people making this recipe obviously didn't have a problem with that. Maybe it's because I used previously-frozen fillets?
     
  3. This is great comfort food. I chose a mix of sharp cheddar for the sauce and parmesan for the top. I used salt cod, 1 lb that i soaked for 2 days in advance, then i boiled it for 8 minutes, and flaked it. i sauteed some shallots, scallions and 8 oz baby bella mushrooms, and added it to the cod. i made and added the sauce, topped with the taters and parm- enjoyed by all.
     
  4. With Rita's approval, I substituted pollock for the cod in this. I followed the recipe exactly, with one exception, I reduced the amount of fish to slightly over one pound as I was serving this as a main dish for three. It went over great, with seconds for two of us. Since the recipe doesn't specify what kind of cheese, I opted for havarti, which resulted in a lovely smooth and creamy texture. Best of all, it was extremely easy. I was able to boil my potatoes early for mashing when I was ready to assemble the dish, then pop it in the oven later. Thanks Rita for another keeper in my collection!
     
  5. Thanks Rita! This was just what I was looking for! Great comfort food for a cold rainy friday night! I cut it down for one person (I have a job as a personal cook) and he really enjoyed it! I did as others recommended, and seared the fish first; seasoning it with garlic, salt, pepper, paprika cooking it in a bit of olive oil. Broke it up into large chunks before layering the cheese sauce and potatoes. Served with glazed carrots with fresh dill. Thanks!
     
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Tweaks

  1. Awesome comfort food! I actually expected this to be kind of boring but I was wrong. I did make a few small changes. I seared the fish in a skillet first to make sure that it cooked all the way through. I also used more cheese than was called for and added some dried onions. Also my family is gluten free so I thickened the cheese sauce with potato starch instead of flour. Lastly I went lazy and used instant mashed potatoes instead of making my own. It worked out well because I made them extra thick and they didn't melt into the sauce like other reviews had mentioned. I'm not a huge fan of cod but my family loves it and I'll definitely be making this again. Thanks!
     
  2. With Rita's approval, I substituted pollock for the cod in this. I followed the recipe exactly, with one exception, I reduced the amount of fish to slightly over one pound as I was serving this as a main dish for three. It went over great, with seconds for two of us. Since the recipe doesn't specify what kind of cheese, I opted for havarti, which resulted in a lovely smooth and creamy texture. Best of all, it was extremely easy. I was able to boil my potatoes early for mashing when I was ready to assemble the dish, then pop it in the oven later. Thanks Rita for another keeper in my collection!
     

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