CAMEROONIAN FISH PIE (VIDEO RECIPE)
Published Mar 10, 2017
Updated Sep 26, 2018
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Cameroonian fish pie video recipe on the blog today! Drum roll and hand claps, please. I’ve been meaning to make this video for a very long time. First, because fish pie recipe is one of the most popular recipes here. It has changed lives – literally.
Secondly, because this version comes with some modifications. Like the quantity of butter. I made the crust in this one with a lot of butter. It is soft and crumbly and just perfect. Hear me again: it is PERFECT. Oh the powah of buttah!
Instead of creating circles to make my pies like I did in this recipe, I used a pie maker. It makes shaping the pies super easy!
You guys, there is nothing like delicious homemade pies. The fish filling is filled with flavour. You can add in as many or as few vegetables as you like. The awesome fish filling and the perfect pie crust are a match made in heaven. When you taste this, you are going to go like, “ummmm! YES!”
Make some soon!
Watch the video:
Cameroonian Fish Pie (Video Recipe)
Ingredients
For the dough
- 3 cups all purpose flour (360 g) plus 2 tablespoons for dusting
- 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter - the butter should be softened
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
For the filling
- 2 tins of sardines in oil (125 g each)
- 1 medium carrot - shredded
- 2 stems green onions - chopped
- 1/2 a small onion - chopped
- 2 garlic cloves - minced
Instructions
- To make the filling, pour half of the oil from one can of sardines into a skillet. Let it heat up on medium heat then saute the onions until fragrant. Add in garlic and stir then add in the green onions and carrots. Mix until well combined then you push the vegetables to one side of the pan. Put in all the sardines without the oil into the pan. Then mash them, being careful not to make it too mushy. Mix the mashed fish together with the sauteed veggies and turn off the heat.
- To make the dough, combine flour, butter, salt and baking powder in a bowl. Mix using your fingers until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs. Add the cold water and mix to form a dough.
- To make the pie, roll out about 1/8th of the dough and place on an open large hand pie maker. Put in two tablespoons of the filling. Then press the hand pie maker together to seal the edges. Repeat process wth the rest of the dough. If you do not have a hand pie-maker, simply roll out the dough into a large rectangle then use something with a round edge like the lid of a small pot to form circles on the dough. Place your filling in the middle of each circle then cover to form a half moon. Press the edges with a fork so they seal.
- Place pies on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Beat an egg then use a pastry brush (or your hands) to rub the egg all over the pies.
- Bake in an oven at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) for 20 minutes.
Notes
Nutrition
Oh wow… been waiting for this recipe. Thanks precious
You are welcome, Ugo!
Thanks thanks thanks…i did it!!!!
God bless you
So glad to hear that, dear. Thanks for the feedback.
Hello Precious,
I am a Cameroonian and i had lost touch of some good old recipes until i stumbked on your blog. I must confess i love checking your recipes just to make sure i do a goid job in my kitchen . I love your chin chin recipe so much!! I made quite a bunch during the christmas season thanks to you. Now i am on your fish roll recipe and i am sure it will taste great as well. Goodjob.
Awww thank you so much, Wiyli! Glad to hear about the chin chin. Hope you enjoy the fish rolls too.
And this time around, my fish pie came out superb. In fact it was come and see, and taste with your mouth but I had to fry it because my oven has a problem. Thanks so much my darling Precious u make cooking so precious to me. God bless you Love.
You are most welcome, dear. Thank you for the feedback!
Precious, thanks a bunch for ur recipes. They are so explicit. Hope to try my hands on the pie, will let u know how it goes. God bless you
Hope you enjoy, dear. God bless you too.
What if I don’t have an oven can I fry it or place in a heated pot ?
You can deep fry it but you’ll have to change the dough recipe so it fries well. You could also bake in a pot with the bottom of the pot lined with sand.
thanks precious i followed the recipe for meat ball wow it was great
So glad to hear that, dear.
Thanks so much dear. I will follow your recipe and let u know how it goes.
Thanks so much. I think I have to try it again. Can I use oil in the place of butter?
Yes dear, you definitely can. Use 1 cup of oil in place of the butter in this recipe.
Greetings Precious core. I will love to try this recipe. What sort of cups are used in measuring?
Hi Janet, I use the standard American measuring cups.
Hello Precious, I really appreciate you for this precious work u are doing. I really have a problem with mixing the fish pie dough. It ends becoming strong. And when you try the fish pie, it’s not cripsy and doesn’t look smooth on the outside. And when u eat, it’s hard to chew. Please where did I go wrong? I need your help. Thanks
Hi Princess, I think your problem is you didn’t follow my exact measurements. With this measurement the dough isn’t strong at all. Also, the pies turn out very flaky. Measure the flour and butter just like I stated and try again. Please let me know how it goes.
Chai I didn’t know that I can just sit like that and start making my own fish roll pie and many more thank you sister have learnt alot
Praise God! So glad to hear that, sister.
Helllooooo your recipes are just so wonderful .I just tried your fish roll and meat pie OMG….. It was “insanely delicious” in mummy precious core’s voice . God bless you abundantly n remain ever blessed.
Awwww thanks for the lovely feedback, Anicette. God bless you too.
Waooo im really the kitchen type and love to try out new stuffs but the last time i tried this using an oven i didn’t appreciate the rolls but i was adviced to fry it in oil rather what do u think precious?
Hi Estelle, if you follow this exact recipe, you do not need to fry them. Baking is perfect because there’s so much fat in the dough. Hope you try it again!
Pls don’t you have recipes for weight watchers,or those trying to loose weight.
Hi Tina, I do have those under the “healthy” section of my recipe index. Click here to check them out: https://www.preciouscore.com/tag/healthy/
Please how can one get the pie maker?
Hi Temitope, depending on where you are you could get it from Amazon.
will love to join ur page
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Not a fan of fish pie. Maybe cos the first one l ever ate tasted bland
CONSENT IS SEXY
Maybe you should make some for yourself. That way, you can put in as much or as little flavour as you want.
I love fish pie so much, I can’t have enough of it. whether Nigerian or Cameroonian. I LOVE IT.
I love it too, Dominika. The taste is out of this world.
Looks very yummy; love it
Thanks Destiny!
chai, i just strolled in from SDK. Another foodie blog I will die in. Those fish pies… dang!
Hahaha welcome, TM!
I love stroll-ins like this. Hope to see more of you.
Yass!!….I love fish pies but have never come around to making any by myself. I guess i don’t have the patience to, though it seems ‘easy’. Those Bamenda “mamis” that used to ‘take style’ and finish somebody’s pocket money with those their ‘killer'(tasty) fish pies ehhn. Chai! #DiaRisGodOh. Lol.
???? those Bamenda mamis had no mercy at all.
It is really quite easy to make. Hope you try it soon. Lol