Name: Seafood pies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 30 gram butter; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 leek, washed, finely sliced; 1 tablespoon plain flour; 3/4 cup thickened cream; 1/4 cup white wine; 750 gram seafood marinara mix; 1 lemon, grated zest, and juice of; saffron; 1 small kumara, peeled, cubed, cooked; 1/4 cup dill, chopped; mixed salad leaves, to serve; Topping; 50 gram packet, lightly crushed thin potato crisps; 1/2 cup tasty cheese, grated; 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs

Seafood pies

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Makes 6 Item

Prep

30M

Cook

30M

Total

Ingredients

30 gram butter

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 leek, washed, finely sliced

1 tablespoon plain flour

3/4 cup thickened cream

1/4 cup white wine

750 gram seafood marinara mix

1 lemon, grated zest, and juice of

saffron

1 small kumara, peeled, cubed, cooked

1/4 cup dill, chopped

mixed salad leaves, to serve

Topping

50 gram packet, lightly crushed thin potato crisps

1/2 cup tasty cheese, grated

1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs

Method

1.Preheat oven to hot, 200°C.

2.In a frying pan, heat butter and oil together on high. Saute leek 4-5 minutes, until tender. Add flour and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Remove from heat. Mix in combined cream and wine until smooth. Return to heat and cook, stirring until mixture boils and thickens.

3.Reduce heat. Stir in seafood, lemon and saffron. Simmer 4-5 minutes, until seafood is cooked. Stir kumara and dill through.

4.To make topping, combine all ingredients in a bowl.

5.Divide seafood mixture evenly between six 1 1/2-cup ramekins. Sprinkle over topping. Place on an oven tray.

6.Bake 15-20 minutes, until golden and bubbling. Serve with salad.

You can use 750g cubed, skinless firm white fish in place of the marianara mix.
Note

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