Beef Pie with Potato Crust

Ingredients

• as much as will half fill a granite baking pan
• a lump of butter
• a bit of sliced onion
• pepper
• salt
• enough water to make plenty of gravy
• a tablespoonful of flour
• a sufficient quantity of potatoes

Method

1. 1

   Use the best of the cold roast beef and any saved gravy, add butter, sliced onion, pepper, salt, and enough water for gravy.

2. 2

   Thicken by dredging in flour and stew gently.

3. 3

   Boil potatoes to fill the baking dish, mash smooth, beat with milk and butter, and place on top of the meat.

4. 4

   Brush with egg and bake until brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The national course in home economics (1917) by Ruth Allen Beezley, page 89. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BEEF PIE WITH POTATO CRU5T. When you have used the best of a cold roast of beef take the small pieces or as much as will half fill a granite baking pan; also any gravy that you have saved, a lump of butter, a bit of sliced onion, pepper and salt, and enough water to make plenty of gravy; put over a fire, thicken by dredging in a tablespoonful of flour; cover it up where it may stew gently. Now boil a sufficient quantity of potatoes

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