War-time meat pies with mashed potato pastry
8 servings
Prep: 10 mins,
Cooking: 25 mins
A moreish filling with an easy to handle pastry that cooks to a lovely golden brown.
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Ingredients (21)
For the filling:
2 Tbs | vegetable oil |
1 | onion — finely chopped |
2 | carrots — large, grated |
1.5 kg | lean minced beef — ground beef |
350 ml | wine — white or red |
4 cloves | garlic — cloves, peeled and crushed |
sprig | fresh thyme |
1 Tbs | dried oregano — or fresh rosemary |
2 Tbs | tomato paste |
2 Tbs | soy sauce — dark |
2 Tbs | Worcestershire sauce |
salt and freshly ground black pepper |
For the pastry:
450 g | potatoes |
125 g | butter — melted |
2 cup | flour — sifted |
2 tsp | Baking powder |
1 tsp | mustard powder — hot English |
1 tsp | salt — to taste |
white pepper | |
1 cup | cheddar cheese — grated |
eggs — beaten |
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