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Daniel’s Swordfish Pie

Ingredients
  

Pastry

  • Half of Cheat Puff Pastry
  • 1 egg beaten for egg wash

Filings

  • 200 g sword fish filet diced
  • 100 g potatoes diced and deep fried (optional to fry)
  • 100 g carrots diced
  • a handful or two of frozen peas
  • 25 g Ghee or oil or butter
  • 50 g Onions diced
  • 1 tsp grated ginger
  • 1 tsp grated garlic

Spices for filings

  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tso ground turmeric
  • 1 tsp ground chilli peppers
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

Pastry

  • Make the pastry as per the instructions.
  • Roll pastry to about 3mm thick, cut into 16 squares.

Filings

  • Heat a pan and melt the ghee.
  • Fry the onions until soft, then add all the spices.
  • Add the potatoes and fry until cooked.
  • Add the rest of the vegetables.
  • Stir in the sword fish, but do not cook through. You want it to cook in the oven.
  • Cool the filings to room temperature.

Wrap

  • Preheat oven to 180C or 350F.
  • Wrap about 1.5 tsp of filings into each piece of pastry.
  • Seal with a fork (do not dip fork into egg wash)
  • Then egg wash the pie.
  • Bake for 20 minutes on a middle rack until the puff pastry is dry between the layers.