Name: Little fish pies
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 pre-rolled sheets puff pastry; 6 rashers streaky bacon, halved and stretched with the back of a large knife; butter, for cooking bacon; 400 gram firm white boned and skinned fish (such as gurnard); sea salt; 1 tablespoon crushed coriander seeds; 4 basil leaves or 1 teaspoon thyme leaves; 12 strawberry tomatoes, halved; balsamic vinegar, for drizzling

Ingredients

2 pre-rolled sheets puff pastry

6 rashers streaky bacon, halved and stretched with the back of a large knife

butter, for cooking bacon

400 gram firm white boned and skinned fish (such as gurnard)

sea salt

1 tablespoon crushed coriander seeds

4 basil leaves or 1 teaspoon thyme leaves

12 strawberry tomatoes, halved

balsamic vinegar, for drizzling

Method

1.Preheat oven to 190°C fan forced.

2.Cut pastry into rough rounds and line into 6 individual tartlet dishes, overlapping the pastry slightly if necessary. Prick pastry with a fork and chill for 10 minutes.

3.Line pastry with baking paper and fill with baking beans. Bake blind for 12–15 minutes, until pastry is golden around edges. Remove from oven, lift off paper and beans, then return tartlets to oven for 3–5 minutes until bottom pastry is dry. Remove from oven and increase oven heat to 210°C fan forced.

4.Sizzle bacon rashers in a dab of butter. Drain on paper towels.

5.Rinse fish, checking for bones and scales, pat dry with paper towels and cut into chunks. Divide amongst pastry bases, positioning pieces the most attractive side up, season with a little sea salt, grind over some pepper and scatter with crushed coriander. Add herb of choice. Top with tomatoes, cut side down, and rashers of bacon.

6.Return tartlets to oven for 7–10 minutes until fish is cooked, tomatoes are lightly coloured and pastry is browned. Before serving, drizzle with balsamic vinegar.

Don’t spend too much with the pastry, just join up bits, or overlap where necessary. By lining the dishes with a piece of baking paper it makes it easy to remove the cooked pies.
Note

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