Granny's Meat & Potato Pie
My Granny's meat and potato pie recipe... heaven on a plate.
Apologies to vegetarians, but this wonderful dish was cooked regularly by my Granny. On a Friday evening we would all arrive at Granny and Grandad's house in Levenshulme, in Manchester and at tea time we would cram together around the small dining room table - often propped up on all sorts of improvised chairs. And then Granny would bring out this tasty pie.
It is simple, but needs to be made with love and patience. It tastes of happiness.
Pre-heat oven to 150 degrees C (Gas mark 4). Cook onion gently in lard until translucent. Increase heat and cook meat that has been cut up into smallish pieces until nicely caramelised. Add beef stock, bay leaf, thyme and parsley, season and then transfer to oven.
Chop up carrots into small pieces and potatoes into fairly small lumps (similar size to meat pieces). After meat has cooked for 30 minutes add the carrots and potatoes to the pan. Cook for a further hour and 30 minutes or until meat is tender.
When filling is ready fill pie dish and cover with short crust pastry. Cook for a further half hour until pastry is ready.
Ingredients for pastry
Serve with red cabbage or baked beans.
After eating all go out to the pub. At least that's what we all used to do.