Meat And Potato Pie
- 8 ounces shortcrust pastry
- 1 pound stewing steak and kidney
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 1/2 pounds potatoes
- salt
- pepper
- 1 tablespoon cornflour
- Chop the onion, put the cubed meat, the onion, bay leaf and seasoning into a saucepan, cover with water and cook, covered, for 2-2 1/2 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,
- Bake for 30-35 minutes. Thicken the unused stock with cornflour to make a gravy, served separately.
shortcrust pastry, kidney, onion, bay leaf, potatoes, salt, pepper, cornflour
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Meat-and-Potato-Pie-1664418 (may not work)