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Seafood Shepherd’s Pie

March 24, 2016 by Debi 21 Comments

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Seafood Shepherd’s Pie or Fisherman’s Pie: Delicious seafood soup (or stew) filled with scallops and tuna, loads of veggies, and a savory sauce, all covered in mashed potatoes. It’s classic comfort food that you can serve to guests.

This Seafood Shepherd’s Pie or Fisherman’s Pie would make a really impressive dinner for the fish lover in your family. It's great healthy comfort food, that's filled with seafood goodness, lots of veggies, and a nice flavorful sauce. by Life Currents https://lifecurrentsblog.com

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This Seafood Shepherd’s Pie or Fisherman’s Pie would make a really impressive dinner for the fish lover in your family. It's great healthy comfort food, that's filled with seafood goodness, lots of veggies, and a nice flavorful sauce. by Life Currents https://lifecurrentsblog.com

What do you call it?

I’ve been told that this dish is often called Fisherman’s Pie, and it’s a fairly a traditional British dish.

It’s all a name

I’ve recently learned that this could actually be called cottage pie rather than Shepherd’s pie. A shepherd’s pie was originally made with lamb, as the shepherd took care of the lamb. However, in more recent times the term shepherd’s pie is used for all kinds of meat pies and even vegetarian and vegan pies use the term.

Shepherd’s pie, cottage pie, hachis Parmentier, and even potato pie are all referring to a dish consisting of cooked minced meat topped with mashed potato.

Shepherdess pie is another term I see sometimes that can refer to vegetarian or vegan pies.

So many ways to call a dish that’s just super tasty, and great comfort food.

Seafood Shepherd’s Pie or Fisherman’s Pie made with Island Trollers Albacore Tuna is fantastic comfort food! https://lifecurrentsblog.com

Island Trollers Tuna

My Seafood Shepherd’s Pie (of course) has that awesome Island Troller’s Albacore Tuna in it.

I love the garlic Island Trollers for this dish.

The Original or Smoked Alder would also be fantastic.

Seafood Shepherd’s Pie or Fisherman’s Pie https://lifecurrentsblog.com

Recipe inspiration

My Seafood Shepherd’s Pie or Fisherman’s Pie recipe is based on of my Tuna Chowder. Since the chowder is nice and rich, I decided that for the Shepherd’s Pie I would lighten it a bit by using milk rather than half-and-half, and I cut back on the liquid in the soup.

I decided to top the pie with half of a recipe of Mashed Potato Casserole. A few other changes, and voila, a delicious recipe for Seafood Shepherd’s Pie or Fisherman’s Pie!

I like the fact that the mashed potatoes can be made the day ahead, and kept refrigerated, making it easier on the cook the day you’re serving the dish.

Seafood Shepherd’s Pie or Fisherman’s Pie

Comfort food for the seafood lover

This would make a really impressive dinner for the fish lover in your family. It’s great healthy comfort food, that’s filled with seafood goodness, lots of veggies, and a nice flavorful sauce.

Want another great dinner? Try this Easy Shepherd’s Pie Recipe.

Check out all of my other Island Trollers recipes on Pinterest!

 

This Seafood Shepherd’s Pie or Fisherman’s Pie would make a really impressive dinner for the fish lover in your family. It's great healthy comfort food, that's filled with seafood goodness, lots of veggies, and a nice flavorful sauce.

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This Seafood Shepherd’s Pie or Fisherman’s Pie would make a really impressive dinner for the fish lover in your family. It's great healthy comfort food, that's filled with seafood goodness, lots of veggies, and a nice flavorful sauce.

Seafood Shepherd’s Pie or Fisherman’s Pie Recipe

Seafood Shepherd’s Pie

Debi
Seafood Shepherd’s Pie or Fisherman’s Pie: Delicious seafood soup (or stew) filled with scallops and tuna, loads of veggies, and a savory sauce, all covered in mashed potatoes. It's classic comfort food that you can serve to guests.
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Prep Time 40 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 50 minutes mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 6 servings
Calories 327 kcal

Ingredients
  

Mashed Potato Topping

  • 1 ½ pounds Yukon gold potatoes peeled and cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt divided use
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 3 ounces cream cheese softened

Seafood Filling

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 medium yellow onion chopped
  • 1 large shallot finely diced
  • 1 leek white and light green parts, chopped
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup vegetable broth
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 teaspoons fresh thyme chopped
  • ¼ cup good dry white wine
  • 4 carrots chopped
  • 1 rib celery thinly sliced
  • 3/4 cup whole milk
  • 1 can Island Trollers Albacore Tuna undrained
  • 8 ounces scallops thawed
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper

Mashed Potato Topping

  • 1 ounce Parmesan cheese grated (about ¼ cup)
  • ¼ cup panko Japanese breadcrumbs
  • Additional fresh thyme for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350° F.
  • Place potatoes and ½ teaspoon salt in a large saucepan, and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 15 minutes or until tender. Drain in a colander over a Pyrex glass measuring cup, or similar sized bowl, reserving ¼ cup cooking liquid.
  • Press cooked potato through a potato ricer into a large bowl. Stir in reserved cooking liquid, garlic powder, remaining ½ teaspoon salt, and cream cheese. Set aside. Or, if making ahead of time, cool, then cover and refrigerate.

Make Seafood Filling

  • Add 1 tablespoon oil to a large stockpot and heat over medium-high heat. Once the oil is hot and begins to shimmer, add the onion, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is softened and beginning to brown, about 20 minutes. Add the shallot, leek, and garlic powder, and continue to cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
  • Add the flour and salt, and cook over low heat, stirring with a wooden spoon, for 2-3 minutes.
  • Whisk in the broth, and bring to a simmer. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  • While the filling cooks, place chopped carrots in a microwave safe dish with about 1 tablespoon water, and microwave on high for 1 minute, or until carrots have softened. Drain.
  • Add the bay leaf, fresh thyme, wine, steamed carrots, and chopped celery, and stir to combine.
  • Stir in the milk, tuna with all its juices, scallops, and black pepper. Bring the chowder back up to heat gently over medium-low. Taste for seasonings, adding more salt and pepper as desired.
  • Remove bay leaf, and pour filling into a large broiler-safe casserole dish. Top with the mashed potato topping that you made earlier. Spreading the mashed potatoes fairly evenly over the top of the seafood filling.
  • Bake, covered at 350° F for 20 minutes or until thoroughly heated and filling is bubbling.
  • While casserole bakes, combine Parmesan and panko in a small bowl. Set aside.
  • Carefully remove casserole from the oven, and turn the broiler up to 450° F. Sprinkle the cheese and panko mixture evenly over the top of the mashed potatoes. Broil, uncovered, 4 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Garnish with fresh thyme leaves if desired.

Nutrition

Calories: 327kcalCarbohydrates: 37gProtein: 19gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 43mgSodium: 1341mgPotassium: 911mgFiber: 5gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 7426IUVitamin C: 29mgCalcium: 162mgIron: 2mg

Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations, and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.

Keyword comfort food, seafood, shepherd’s pie
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Filed Under: Main Dish, Seafood, Soups & Stews Tagged With: casserole, Cooking, Food, healthy, island trollers, main dish, potato, recipe, scallops, seafood, tuna

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  1. Nicole

    February 20, 2023 at 2:56 pm

    5 stars
    Made this with scallops and lobster. My family loved it. My husband ate all of it. It made enough to feed at least 6 people. Very good recipe!

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