Potato Pie

Ingredients

• the meat
• pepper
• salt
• mace
• mashed potato
• a little water
• small pieces of butter

Method

1. 1

   Chop the meat, adding pepper, salt, and mace.

2. 2

   Butter a pie-dish, place mashed potato around it, then add chopped meat.

3. 3

   If no stock, use a little water.

4. 4

   Top with mashed potatoes and small pieces of butter.

5. 5

   Brown nicely and serve.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The book of plain cooking (1904) by Ethel Archer, page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Potato Pie A very useful way of using up any odds and ends of meat is to make them into a potato pie. While one can obtain old potatoes, they are always much better for use in cookery — they mash so much better. Well chop the meat, 86 PLAIN COOKING adding to it a little pepper, salt, and mace. Have the pie -dish ready, well buttered, and place your mashed potato round it ; then put in your chopped meat. If you should not have any stock, a little water may take the place. Then place a layer of the mashed potatoes and several small pieces of butter

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