26-02-2016, 12:29 PM
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Cheese, onion and mashed potato pie
Hi everyone, attempting to find anything that was a bit different to the usual evening meal for he who must obey and myself, I ploughed through the recipes online and came across this so easy recipe, No doubt most of you have already tried this out but not me.So I just added some little extras like chives and tomato slices for the topping.It’s called a pie but is really more a bake. There are loads of recipes online for this dish.
It has to be one of the easiest dishes I have ever made and will certainly be doing it again.
So for anybody who hasn’t tried it, here is the recipe that I used.
CHEESE, ONION AND MASHED POTATO PIE.
Preheat the oven to 200 /Fan180 /Gas 6
About 6/8 medium potatoes peeled
40 grams of butter
1 large onion very thinly sliced
100ml of milk
200 grams of cheddar/double gloucester/red leicester cheese- grated
1 teaspoon of english or wholegrain mustard (optional)
salt and pepper
about 3 tomatoes sliced in whole rounds
Cook the potatoes until tender
While the potatoes are cooking, melt the butter in a pan and add the onions, cook for about 10 minutes on a gentle heat until they are sweet and golden brown.
When onlons cooked, add the milk to the same pan and bring to almost boiling point. take off heat.
When potatoes are done, drain and return to saucepan, mash with a potato masher, then add three quarters of the cheese, the onions and milk, salt, pepper (and mustard if using it)
and beat well. add more seasoning to your taste. (this is where I added chopped chives and sweetcorn but you can add anything you think might go nice in it.
Transfer to a buttered oven dish and spread it out, sprinkle the third of the cheese that was left over the top and lay the tomato slices over the top.
cook in the preheated oven for about 20-25 minutes or until you can see it is bubbling and golden brown.
We had this with a small side of green salad and a buttered crusty roll.
Enjoy.
26-02-2016, 03:39 PM
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Re: Cheese, onion and mashed potato pie
I haven't made that for years , a lovely dish.I used to make mine slightly differently though. would line pie dish with short crust pastry, then layer lightly sautéed onions with cheese, then spread a topping of mashed potato.
Then would cover with pastry top.
It was lovely and very economical with a young family to feed.
Might even turn my hand to it again as I rather like the addition of tomatoes, but would put them under the pastry lid.
Another one they used to love was sausage plait, in fact now I come to think of it , I may well make that for when myG/C come to stay.
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