Filled Potato Flan

Ingredients

• 8 Medium sized Potatoes (steamed and mashed while hot)
• + Egg (reconstituted) if desired
• Seasoning
• 1oz. Margarine
• A little Milk if mixture is very dry.
• FILLING—1loz. Margarine
• 1loz. Flour
• 1 gill Milk
• 1 gill Fish water
• Seasoning
• + pint White Sauce
• Left over Fish e.g. Cod, Saithe, Ling or Rock Salmon

Method

1. 1

   Mix well together potatoes, margarine, egg and milk if necessary.

2. 2

   Grease a sandwich tin (if possible with removable base) and line with breadcrumbs.

3. 3

   Press the mixture in the bottom of the tin, and line it evenly all around the sides.

4. 4

   Trim the edge.

5. 5

   Bake in a sharp oven for 20 minutes.

6. 6

   Turn out carefully, first allowing it to shrink a little, and fill up with the fish mixture.

7. 7

   Make sauce by melting fat, adding flour and blending well.

8. 8

   Remove from heat and gradually add liquid.

9. 9

   Return to heat, stir until boiling, boil until of fairly thick consistency.

10. 10

    Season.

11. 11

    Add flaked fish to this and when potato case is cooked fill it with this mixture.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The housewives' book of recipes & hints (1940) by Women's Voluntary Services for Civil Defence (Great Britain), page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FILLED POTATO FLAN. 8 Medium sized Potatoes (steamed and mashed while hot) + Egg (reconstituted) if desired . Seasoning loz. . Margarine A little Milk if mixture is very dry. _ Mix well together potatoes, margarine, egg and milk if necessary. Grease a sandwich tin (if possible with removable base) and nel with breadcrumbs. Press the mixture in the bottom of the tin, and line it evenly all round the sides. Trim the edge. Bake in a sharp oven for 20 minutes. ‘Turn out carefully, first allowing it to shrink a little, and fill up with the fish mixture. FILLING—1loz. Margarine loz. Flour 1 gill Milk 1 gill Fish water Seasoning + pint White Sauce Left over Fish e.g. Cod, Saithe, Ling or Rock Salmon

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