Mini Fish and Vegetable Pies

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I'm not using my own picture because it doesn't look too pretty (I cooked it in a bigger dish rather than individual ones). This is easy, and great! But I found the cooking times a bit off. I'll note it in italics...

2 tsp unsalted butter
2 cups sliced leeks (white and light green parts only) - I used a bit of a very finely chopped regular onion in lieu of absent leeks
1/2 cup diced carrot
1/2 cup diced celery
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tbsp all purpose flour
3/4 cup of sodium-reduced vegetable stock
1/4 cup milk
300g cod or other firm whitefish fillet, cut into 1 inch chunks. Sobeys had Pickerel, and cod...and I used them both. I really liked the pickerel which was more firm and more opaque than cod and would use it again. Tilapia would be good too. 
1/2 cup frozen peas
2 tbsp chopped fresh dill or parsley
4 tsp lemon juice (just realized I put in 4 tbsp...it was nice and lemony but could be why it ended up less thick haha)
2 tsp Dijon mustard
1/4 tsp salt and pepper

Mashed potato topping:
2 russet potatoes
1/4 cup milk
2tsp prepared horseradish
pinch salt and pepper

In Dutch Oven (or large saucepan) melt butter over medium heat; cook leeks, carrot, celery and garlic, stirring occasionally, until beginning to soften, about 5 minutes. Later, the oven time is a mere 10 minutes, not enough to cook the vegetables all the way through - I recommend giving them more time to cook at this stage. 

Add flour; cook, stirring for 1 minute. Whisk in broth and 1/4 cup water; cook, whisking until slightly thickened, about 2 minuts. Whisk in milk. Remove from heat; stir in fish pices, peas, dill, lemon juice, mustard, salt and pepper.

Mashed potato topping:
Meanwhile, prick potatoes all over with fork. Microwave on high until fork-tender, about 7 minutes. Set aside until cool enough to handle. Peel potatoes; mash with milk, horseradish, salt and pepper.

Divide fish mixture among four 1-cup ramekins. Spoon potato mixture over each, smoothing tops. Bake on rimmed baking sheet in 425 oven until filling is bubbly, about 10 minutes.
As I said - mine was in a bigger dish, so it changed the cooking time. After 10 minutes the pickerel was definitely done, but the cod seemed to be not - so I gave it another 10 minutes. 

 

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