Fish Pie With Baked Cheese Custard

Ingredients

• • Fish (boiled and flaked) - ½ kg
• • Onion (chopped) - 1
• • Garlic (crushed & chopped) - 3 flakes
• • Laungs/Cloves (crushed) - 3
• • Salt - as required
• • Pepper - as required
• • Tomatoes (sliced) - 2
• • Eggs (prepare: beaten well with a little salt & pepper) - 2
• • Cheese (grated) - 50 grams
• • Milk - 1 cup
• • Butter - 1 tablespoon

Ingredients For White Sauce

• • Butter - 3 tablespoons
• • Maida - 3 tablespoons
• • Milk - 2 cups
• • Salt - as required
• • Pepper - as required

Method

• 1. Boil fish by placing in a covered vessel with 1 cup water, a little salt and 1 bay leaf for 10 minutes on low flame after the first boil.
• 2. Strain and keep stock aside. Debone and flake the fish.
• 3. Prepare the white sauce by melting butter in a heavy bottomed pan.
• 4. Add maida and stir for a minute. Add the milk, stirring continuously.
• 5. Cook, stirring continuously till slightly thick.
• 6. Add salt & pepper to taste. Remove from fire. Keep aside.
• 7. Heat 1 Tablespoon butter, add onion. Cook till transparent. Add garlic and crushed laung.
• 8. Add fish flakes. Add salt & pepper to taste. Cook for 2 minutes.
• 9. Remove from fire and spread in an oven proof serving dish.
• 10. Pour hot white sauce over the fish covering it well.
• 11. Arrange tomato slices on the white sauce and sprinkle some pepper.
• 12. Pour beaten eggs over the tomato slices.
• 13. Beat grated cheese with hot milk and pour over the eggs.
• 14. Dot with butter and bake in a preheated medium hot oven for about 30 minutes till the top turns golden brown.