SHOPPING LIST: Cooking Skills: Fish and Shellfish 1, Chapter 5 (Fish Cakes, Pies and Coatings)

White fish (cod, pollock), undyed smoked haddock, salmon fillets, floury potatoes, leeks, eggs, plain flour, fresh breadcrumbs, panko, whole milk, butter, frozen peas, parsley, lemon, ready-rolled puff pastry, rapeseed or sunflower oil, flaked sea salt and black pepper.

Fish cakes (4 portions)
[ ] 400 g cooked, flaked fish (salmon, cod or a mix)
[ ] 300 g cold, dry mashed potato
[ ] 2 tbsp chopped parsley
[ ] 1 lemon, zest and juice
[ ] 50 g plain flour, seasoned
[ ] 1 egg, beaten
[ ] 80 g fresh breadcrumbs or panko
[ ] 3 tbsp rapeseed or sunflower oil

A breadcrumb-coated fillet (2 portions)
[ ] 2 plaice or cod fillets (about 150 g each), skinned
[ ] 3 tbsp plain flour, seasoned
[ ] 1 egg, beaten
[ ] 60 g panko or fresh white breadcrumbs
[ ] 4 tbsp rapeseed or sunflower oil
[ ] 1 lemon, in wedges

A fish pie (4 portions)
[ ] 300 g undyed smoked haddock
[ ] 300 g cod or pollock
[ ] 200 g salmon
[ ] 500 ml whole milk
[ ] 40 g butter
[ ] 40 g plain flour
[ ] 100 g frozen peas
[ ] 3 hard-boiled eggs, quartered
[ ] 2 tbsp chopped parsley
[ ] 900 g floury potatoes, peeled
[ ] 50 g butter, for the mash
[ ] 3 tbsp milk, for the mash

A smoked haddock and leek pie (4 portions)
[ ] 500 g undyed smoked haddock
[ ] 400 ml whole milk
[ ] 30 g butter
[ ] 2 leeks, sliced
[ ] 30 g plain flour
[ ] 3 tbsp double cream
[ ] 1 tsp wholegrain mustard
[ ] 1 sheet of ready-rolled puff pastry (320 g)
[ ] 1 egg, beaten

For the experiments
[ ] Extra eggs
[ ] Extra breadcrumbs
[ ] Kitchen paper