Russian Fish Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups cooked rice
• 2 cups flaked cooked haddock or 2 cups other firm fish
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
• 1 large sweet onion, sliced
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, plus 1 tbsp
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 cups milk
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly ground
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups fresh breadcrumbs

Recipe

• 1 spread 1 cup of the rice over the bottom of a buttered 2 1/2 quart ovenproof casserole. top the rice with 1 cup of the flaked fish. top fish with one of the chopped eggs.
• 2 in a skillet, cook the onions in 2 tablespoons butter over a moderate heat until they are soft.
• 3 arranged 1/2 of the cooked onion in a layer in the casserole. season with salt and pepper.
• 4 add in the remaining layers; rice, haddock, chopped egg, onion and season again with salt and pepper.
• 5 in a sauce pan melt the 4 tablespoons of butter over moderately low heat. add the flour and cook the roux, whisking, for about 3 minutes. remove the pan from the heat, whisk in the milk, scalded, in a stream, and simmer the mixture, stirring, for 3 minutes. stir in the nutmeg and the 1/2 teaspoons salt.
• 6 pour the sauce over the fish mixture, making holes with a knife to let it seep down into all of the layers.
• 7 in a small bowl, combine the breadcrumbs and the remaining 3 tablespoons butter, melted and mix together.
• 8 sprinkle the bread crumbs over the fish mixture.
• 9 bake the pie in a preheated 350 f oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until the crumbs are golden and the pie is bubbling.