Pacific Pie Recipes

PACIFIC PIE

Steps:

• Slice the potatoes into thick slices, and cook in a large saucepan of boiling salted water for 5 minutes then drain well.
• Put the oil and leeks in a frying pan and cook over a low heat for 2-3 minutes until soft, add the mushrooms and cook for a further 2 minutes.
• Place the fish in a saucepan and cover with a little milk, bring to a simmer and poach for 5 minutes until tender, drain but reserve the poaching milk!
• Use a little of the butter to grease the baking dish. Flake the fish and place in the dish with the leeks, mushrooms and prawns/mussels and scatter over the parsley.
• Preheatthe oven to 200 degrees C / 400 degrees F / Gas 6.
• In the same saucepan, make a white sauce by melting the remaining butter and adding in the flour, stir well and cook over a low heat for 2-3 minutes. Remove from the heat and gradually stir in the remaining milk, beating well after each addition.
• When all the milk has been added and the sauce is smooth, return the saucepan to the heat, stirring continously until thickened. Cook for a further 2-3 minutes then add 100g of the cheese and season to taste.
• Pour half the sauce over the fish, arrange the potato slices on top and cover with the remaining sauce.
• Sprinkle over the remaining cheese and cook on a baking sheet in the centre of a preheated oven for 45 minutes until golden brown.
• Then serve!

CANTALOUPE PIE ALA TEXAS AND PACIFIC

Steps:

• Slice cantaloupe in half, deseed and remove rind, reserving all juices. Cut into small pieces and push through a ricer.
• Place melon with juice and water into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Simmer for 5 minutes, stirring often.
• Mix sugar and flour and slowly add to hot mixture, stirring constantly.
• Add butter and nutmeg, stir until butter melts.
• Cool and pour into prebaked pie crust.
• If desired, top with meringue made according to your favorite recipe and brown in oven.

PACIFIC SALMON PIE

Steps:

• Bring water and salt to a boil, add rice, bring to boil again, cover, reduce heat and simmer about 15 minutes, until all water is absorbed and rice is tender.
• Grease a 9 inch pie plate with 1 teaspoon margarine.
• Melt remaining margarine in a fry pan.
• Sauté celery and onion about 4 minutes until tender.
• Beat 1 egg with pepper and mix into rice.
• Press rice onto bottom and sides of prepared pie plate to form crust.
• Sprinkle half the cheese over rice.
• Spread with half the celery mixture and salmon.
• Top with remaining celery mixture and cheese.
• Beat together remaining egg, milk, nutmeg, curry powder and cinnamon.
• Pour over ingredients in pie plate.
• Bake in 375 degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes until a tester inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• Cool 5 minutes.
• Cut into 6 wedges.
• Diabetic- 1 wedge; 2 protein choices; 1 starchy choice; 1 fats and oils choice.