Meat & potato pie(english)
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | ounces | Shortcrust pastry |
| FILLING | ||
| 1 | pounds | Stewing steak and kidney |
| 1 | large | Onion, chopped |
| 1 | Bay leaf | |
| 2½ | pounds | Potatoes |
| Salt and pepper | ||
| 1 | tablespoon | Cornflour |
Directions
Chop the onion, put the cubed meat, the onion, bay leaf and seasoning into a saucepan, cover with water and cook, covered, for 2-2½ hours until the meat is tender. Peel the potatoes and cut into 1 inch cubes. Put into a saucepan, add some of the stock from the meat with water to cover and bring to the boil. Cook for 5 minutes. Drain the potatoes and reserve the stock. Set oven to 375/F or Mark 5. Using a deep pie-dish put in the meat, then the potatoes and moisten with stock. Roll out the pastry larger than the pie-dish and cut a l inch strip from around the edge. Place the pastry strip around the edge of the dish and then cover the pie, pressing the edges firmly together and trim. Make a steam hole in the centre. Bake for 30-35 minutes.
Thicken the unused stock with cornflour to make a gravy, served separately.