Codfish and Onion Pie

Ingredients Tick them off

• 4 to 6 Cod filletsboneless or skinless
• 2 medium Potatoes
• 2 medium Yellow Onions
• 3 large Eggs
• ½ cup Cream or milk
• 1 tsp Sea salt
• ½ tsp Black or White Pepper
• ½ tsp Onion Powder
• 2 tbsp Flour
• 1 cup Shredded cheeseor more

Cream Sauce

• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 tbsp flour or cornstarch
• 1 small onion, chopped
• ½ tsp salt and pepper to taste
• 1½ to 2 cups hot water, more to thin out sauce if needed
• ½ cup cream or evaporated milk
• ½ tsp onion powder

Hot Pie Crust

• ¾ cup water
• ¾ cup butter
• 2¾ cups all-propose flour
• 1 tsp sea salt

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Method Tap a step to keep your place

1. First make your hot pie crust, recipe posted below! After half fill one saucepan and start to boil water on medium heat, add ½ tsp sea salt.

2. Then add codfish to water, only cook for 3 to 5 minutes just to part cook fish. Remove codfish from saucepan and place in a plate, let come to room temp.

3. Roll out pastry dough and place in a deep pan, I’m using a spring form pan.  Line bottom of spring form pan with parchment paper, but if you are using a pie pan or cast iron pan, no need for parchment paper.

4. This just incase pan leaks during the baking time.

5. After peel and slice potatoes and place in cold water for a few minutes then drain, peel and slice onions.

6. Line the bottom of pie pan with potatoes, then add onions and season in between with salt, pepper and onion powder.

7. Then top with part cooked codfish pieces, and season with a pinch of salt, pepper and onion powder.

8. In a small bowl add eggs, flour, cream, and whisk together well; then add over codfish and veggies.

9. Top with shredded cheese; preheat oven to 400ºF and bake codfish and onion pie for 30 minutes, then lower to 350ºF and bake for another 15 to 30 minutes or until baked.

10. Depending on your oven!

11. Serve with cream sauce, green peas and fresh bread.

Cream Sauce

1. Melt butter in frying pan on a medium heat, then add chopped onions fry until soft.

2. Add flour or cornstarch, whisk around to blend together, add salt and pepper to taste with hot

3. water.  Continue stirring until thickened and add more hot water if needed.

Hot Pie Crust

1. Add butter and water to saucepan let warm to melt the butter.  Then turn off the heat.

2. After add flour and sea salt and slowly mix it in until it starts to crumble, then form into a ball, remove from the saucepan unto the counter top or bowl.

3. After start kneading the dough while it’s hot and all the ingredients have worked in together and then cover with a piece of clear wrap.

4. Keep on the counter top for 30 minutes until room temperature before rolling dough.

5. Knead dough again before rolling out with extra flour, cut in half or use all. Roll out and place in the bottom of deep pie pan, or cast iron pan.

6. See recipe above for making the codfish and onion pie.