Thursday, 19 May 2011

Corned Beef Pie

Had a killer Corned beef pie last night. Super simple and the best use of corned beef.


1 tin of Corned beef
4 peeled potatoes
2 white onions
1 pack of puff pastry
1 egg
1 tbs Bovril


Bring a pan of salted water to the boil.
Take the onions and potatoes and cut them to a dice of roughly 1 cm. Slightly bigger is fine. Place them into the water and simmer until soft and tender. Strain the potatoes and onions out reserving some of the cooking liquid. Now cut the Corned beef into similar sized chunks.
Arrange the potatoes and onions in a baking dish then throw on the corned beef and splash with the cooking liquid just to give it a bit of juice. Finally spoon on the bovril making it drizzle all over the filling.
If you have a pie funnel, place it in the centre of the dish.
Take the puff pastry and arrange it over the filling, there should be too much pastry so arrange it with lots of frills and ruffles. Score the pastry and egg wash. Now bake this in a pre heated oven at 200 C for 15 to minutes, until the pastry is golden and crackling.
Super comfort food....