Ingredients
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1 tablespoon cooking oil
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1 1/2 lbs minced beef
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1 cup big yellow onion, diced
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1 beef stock cube
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1/2 teaspoon thyme
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2 tablespoons tomato paste
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1 tablespoon cornflour, for thickening
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1 dash pepper
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1/4 cup water
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1 1/2 lbs potatoes, boiled and peeled
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1/4 lb butter
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2 tablespoons mayonnaise
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1 tablespoon heavy cream
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1 dash cheese
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salt & pepper
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1 egg
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3/4 cup carrot, diced
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1 cup green peas (put in last)
Instructions
- For the beef filling, heat a tablespoon of oil in a pan. Fry the beef, onion, carrots, beef stock, thyme, tomato paste, pepper and 1/4 water with cornflour until fairly thick but not dry. Put peas in till cooked. Dish into a Pyrex container and keep cool.
- For the mash potato topping, boil potatoes until cooked. Remove skin and mash with butter, egg, mayonnaise, cream, pepper, salt and seasoning. Mash until creamy (do not blend).
- Pipe on top of cooked beef and sprinkle with cheese on top and grill for 5 to 10 minutes until top is golden brown. Serve.
- •The above recipe can serve 5 to 6 persons. For 2 you can just cut the recipe in half and for the mash potatoes, you don't have to be exact--just adjust how thick you want the potato topping to be or if you want more beef than potato.