Scallop And Mushroom Pie

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs fresh scallops
• 1 cup milk
• salt and pepper
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon flour (heaping)
• 1/4 lb mushroom, sliced
• 1/4 cup sweet sherry
• 3 cups cold mashed potatoes
• parsley, 1 tblsp. chopped for garnish

Recipe

• 1 cut the cleaned scallops in half if they are large and simmer in milk, with salt and pepper, for 15 minutes. strain, but reserve the milk.
• 2 melt the butter in a saucepan, add the flour, and mix well, then gradually stir in the warmed milk, seeing that it is free from lumps. add the mushrooms, sherry, and scallops.
• 3 put into an ovenproof dish and cover the top with mashed potatoes. (you may wish to mix the potatoes with a bit of milk so they can be spread like an icing over the scallops.).
• 4 dot with additional butter and bake at 350* oven until the top is gently browned, about 20-30 minutes.
• 5 garnish with parsley.