Pie recipe for 4 people, takes only 25 mins; recipe has olive oil, onion, plain flour, curry paste, milk, green bean, potato, turmeric, nigella seeds, prawn, coriander and creme fraiche.
Curried prawn & green bean pie
Course: Pie
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
15 mins
Ingredients
- Coriander: 1/2 small bunch coriander, finely chopped
- Turmeric: 1 heaped tsp turmeric
- Olive Oil: 3 tbsp olive oil
- Onion: 1 onion, finely sliced
- Milk: 600ml milk
- Green Bean: 150g green beans, cut into 3cm pieces
- Creme Fraiche: 2 tbsp half-fat creme fraiche
- Potato: 1.2kg Maris Piper potatoes, cut into 2cm chunks
- Plain Flour: 40g plain flour
- Prawn: 300g raw king prawns
- Curry Paste: 3 tbsp medium curry paste
- Nigella Seeds: 1 tsp nigella seeds
Directions
- Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in a mediumsaucepan. Add the onion and a pinch of salt and fry over a medium heat for 8 mins, or until the onions turn golden and sticky. Stir the flour and curry paste into the onions and cook for 2 mins. Remove from the heat and quicklywhiskthrough the milk in several additions to make a thick sauce.
- Bring a large pan of water to the boil, add the beans and cook for 1 min, then scoop out with a slotted spoon and set aside. Add the potatoes to the water and cook for 5-6 mins or until you can easily insert a cutlery knife into them. Drain and mash. Stir through the remaining oil, turmeric and nigella seeds, then season to taste.
- Add the prawns and green beans to the sauce. Bring to a simmer and quickly remove from the heat. Stir through the coriander and creme fraiche and season to taste.
- Heat the grill to its highest setting. Spoon the mixture into a medium heatproof dish. Spread over the mashed potato and grill for 4-5 mins or until golden and bubbling.
