Leek And Broccoli Fish Pie

I managed to find enough leeks and sprouting broccoli in my garden to use for this recipe, but you can easily adapt the greens and use onion instead of leeks. Making the fresh breadcrumbs sets this recipe apart from most other fish pies I've made, and can also be adapted using ingredients you have on hand.

INGREDIENTS

• 200g fresh sourdough breadcrumbs, I just use a knife to roughly chop into small chunks
• ¼ cup tarragon or sage leaves, roughly chopped - you could also use parsley or thyme, anything really, preferably fresh herbs
• Lemon juice & zest
• Olive oil
• sea salt and cracked black pepper
• 2 leeks, white part only, thinly sliced or red onions diced
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed
• 300g broccoli, cut into small florets - could use sprouting broccoli, frozen or experiment with different greens
• 800g firm white fish, cut into 3cm pieces
• 1 tablespoon flour - I used chickpea, but again, whatever you have on hand
• 250g tub sour cream or yoghurt (use a nice Greek one)
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• ½ cup (125ml) water

METHOD

1. Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F) and prepare your baking dish. Can use a large dish or individual pie dishes. I gave mine a quick oil.
2. Place the breadcrumbs, fresh herbs and salt and pepper on a large lined oven tray. Add a dash of olive oil and mix to combine, spreading the crumbs out evenly. Cook for 5 minutes, until just golden. Set aside and when cooled, add the lemon zest.
3. Heat some olive oil in a pot over a medium heat and add the leek and garlic, cooking until soft. Then add broccoli and cook for a further 5 minutes or until softened then set aside.
4. Place the fish, flour, salt and pepper in a large bowl and gently toss to coat. Then add fish to baking dish.
5. Add sour cream or the yoghurt, mustard and water to the leek, garlic & broccoli mixture and gently stir to combine then add to fish in the baking dish. Add a good squeeze of lemon juice as well.
6. Cook in the oven for 5 minutes until fish is nearly cooked through and then add the breadcrumb mixture and cook for a further 5 minutes. You don't want to overcook the fish or burn the breadcrumbs.
7. Sprinkle with freshly cracked pepper to serve & enjoy! Serves 2-4