Norwegian Fish pie
An easy weekday dish that is easy to like for both grownups and children
Servings: 4 People
Equipment
- standing mixer
- Mixing bowl
- spatula
- Wisk
- Kettle
- Heatproof pan for baking
Ingredients
White sauce
- 4 tbsp butter
- 4 tbsp flour
- 8 dl milk
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp Salt
Other ingredients
- 400 gr Whitefish cod, pollock pre-boiled
- 1 leek Chopped in thin slices
- 200 gr macaroni pre-boiled for 2 minutes
- 6 large eggs
- 300 gr breadcrumbs
Instructions
White sauce
- Start by melting the butter on low heat until fully melted
- Add flour and mix togeather with a wisk
- Turn up to medium heat
- Start adding milk in small portions at the time continuously whisking keeping the sauce even consistency
- After all the milk is added bring the sauce to a slow boil
- Let the sauce boil for 5 minutes, while continuously stirring to avoid burning
- Take the sauce off the heat and add nutmeg and salt to taste (see text above)
- Leave the sauce to cool while preparing the other ingredients
Other ingredients
- Set the oven to 200 degrees Celcius, no fan
- Boil macaroni for 2 minutes
- Strain and leave to cool
- Separate the fish into smaller bite-sized pieces, using your hands
- Divide the eggs
- Add the yolks to the withe sauce one at the time while stirring
- Wisk the egg whites to a meringue consistency
- Add white sauce to a bowl, mix in macaroni, then leek and finally fish using a spatula
- Finally, fold in the whipped egg whites carefully. Don't overmix and don't be afraid of the mix containing some egg whites that are not completely mixed
- Pour the whole batter into a buttered heatproof pan and top it off with bread crumbs
- Bake for 50 minutes