Fish Pie (Parmentier de Poisson) – 120-Minute Recipe
A comforting French fish pie that layers flaky white fish, shrimp, salmon, and peas in a silky white sauce, topped with a golden, piped mashed‑potato crust. The dish is fragrant with dill and aromatic vegetables, making it a hearty, family‑friendly dinner.
Recipe by matthewryle· Structured by ReelsMeals
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Ingredients
- shrimp
- white fish
- peas
- dill
- fresh dill
- mashed potato topping
- 6 piece potato
- 0.32 cup milk
- salt
- pepper
- 1 2/5 oz flour
- white onion
- 3 1/2 oz button mushrooms
- fennel
- leek
- shallot
- 1 3/10 lb fish
- salmon fillets
- 1 4/5 oz prawns
Instructions
- 1Bake the whole potatoes at 392°F for 1 hour.
- 2Mash the cooked potatoes with 75 ml milk, salt and pepper.
- 3Dice the white onion into small pieces.
- 4Slice the button mushrooms.
- 5Add chopped fennel, leek, and shallot to a pan and sauté until softened.
- 6Add the sliced button mushrooms to the pan and continue sautéing.
- 7Add 40 g flour to the sautéed vegetables and stir to form a roux.
- 8Cook the roux mixture, stirring, until it thickens into a paste.
- 9Add peas to the sauce.
- 10Add 600 g fish, flaked salmon fillets, and 50 g prawns to the sauce and stir to combine.
- 11Add the cooked shrimp to the sauce.
- 12Stir fresh dill into the mixture.
- 13Simmer the combined ingredients until heated through.
- 14Transfer the creamy seafood filling into a cast‑iron skillet or cocotte.
- 15Pipe the mashed potatoes in a decorative swirl pattern over the creamy seafood filling.
- 16Continue piping mashed potatoes until the entire surface is covered.
- 17Bake the assembled dish at 428°F for 3–5 minutes until the top is golden.
- 18Serve hot.
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Bake potatoes first
Start by baking the whole potatoes for the full hour before mashing them.
Pipe potatoes evenly
After adding the seafood filling, pipe the mashed potatoes in a swirl to fully cover the surface before the final bake.
Heat seafood through
Simmer the sauce after adding shrimp, fish, salmon and prawns until the mixture is heated through before transferring to the skillet.
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Frequently asked questions
- How long does it take to make Fish Pie (Parmentier de Poisson)?
- About 2 hours in total: 30 minutes of prep and 1 hour 30 minutes of cooking.
- How many servings does this Fish Pie (Parmentier de Poisson) recipe make?
- This recipe makes 4 servings as written; ingredient quantities on this page can be scaled.
- Where does this Fish Pie (Parmentier de Poisson) recipe come from?
- It was shared by matthewryle on instagram.com. ReelsMeals structured the original post into this step-by-step card; the original is linked above.