F.A.O sibton and cupid. No one else!

[Tilly2]

Meat 'n' Tater Pie

Serves four (or two gluttons)

400g shortcrust pastry. (Shop bought is fine)
400g braising steak
Four large Maris Piper/ King Edwards potatoes
I medium size carrot (Optional but it does add sweetness)
I large onion finely diced.
2 Kallo beef stock cubes. (NO MSG in them! Don't use OXO)

Finely dice the potatoes, carrot and onion. I do pieces about 3cm wide.
Place potato, carrot and onion in a largish saucepan and add the meat. (I don't brown mine)

Cover with water and add the stock cubes.
Bring to the boil and turn down to a simmer.
Simmer until meat is tender. (Probably about two hours.)
Season if necessary
Strain off the stock and reserve for gravy.
Mash the meat and veg so that it breaks down but not too much (Not mushy!)
Allow to cool.


Preheat oven to 200C
Roll out half the pastry and line a metal enamel plate or shallow pie dish with the pastry. (My plate measures 22cms across. I have just measured it!)
Place the meat and veg mixture to the dish and cover with another slightly larger circle of pastry.
Cut a cross into the top.
Brush with milk/and or egg.

Cook for forty/forty five minutes until golden brown.
Thicken stock and make gravy.

PS. This is not a neat looking pie It will be domed and look very homemade. Well mine does. It's also lovely cold.
Serve with green vegetables and lovely thick gravy.

There you go!

[Tilly2]

Well done , sibton!

[shoota]

It is if it is a chunk.....

[tonyav]

LOL @ sibo. c'mon shoota think of something, the male species is depending on you lol.

[Tilly2]

It doesn't matter how big it is, as long as its tender

[shoota]

I'm secure in my hugeness Tony, and in my ability to produce 3mm chunks....

[tonyav]

LOL. ^^^

[tonyav]

That LOL was at Tilly by the way.

[Tilly2]

What's up with 11/2 inch cubes anyway? Pedant.

You try writing a recipe from memory and experience. It's hard to be specific.

[shoota]

It sounds delish Tilly if I may be allowed to steal it please? Bit I will have smaller chunks methinks....X

[Tilly2]

3mm chunks would be like this .....How do you draw a cube on here?....................

[Tilly2]

You don't get chunks! That's the whole point.You mash it up when it's tender

I will concede that 3cm might be a little on the chunky side but no way did I mean 3mm.

[Tilly2]

Are we done then? I was enjoying that.

[tonyav]

Hang on Tilly, I'm sure I will think of something !.

[Sqad]

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[Psybbo]

oh, come on sqad, you know a post like this will attract everybody. Tilly was replying to a request by us on another thread and if you don't behave I'll have to go and change into something provocative

[cupid04]

Somethings wrong with my computer. i can read tilly's original post, but i've only just been able to read replies. It wasn't just happening on tilly's thread either. the page where all the relplies should be just goes white. I bet it's something to do with the blinking ads.I may or may not be able to read your reply. any food songs? lol!xxx

[tonyav]

Lighten up sqad, it's a Tilly joke.

[cupid04]

yeh squad stop being a pedant. there are too many of them on here.

[tonyav]

Try google Chrome. cupid.

[cupid04]

would google chrome make any difference if the problem is with this site.
Sorry, a bit thick!