Cheese and Potato Pie (Tamasin Day-Lewis)
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Ingredients
- 285g good strong Cheddar cheese
- 30g unsalted butter
- 1 large onion. peeled and chopped finely
- 110g potatoes steamed (or boiled) and diced
- 2 large eggs
- 4 tbsp double cream
- a sprig of thyme or a bunch of flat-leaf parsley. chopped pinch of cayenne pepper
- sea salt and black pepper
- shortcrust pastry made with - 340g/12oz flour and 170g/6oz unsalted butter
- beaten egg for glaze
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Method
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1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F/Gas 7. Divide the pastry into two balls, keeping one a little larger than the other.
2. Melt the butter in a pan and gently fry the onion until softened and translucent, then leave to cool. Throw the onions into a bowl with the grated cheese, potato, eggs, cream, thyme or parsley and the seasoning, and mix thoroughly with your fingers.
3. Roll out the larger ball of pastry and line a shallow greased 23cm/9in tart tin. Tip the cheese and onion mixture into the pastry shell. Moisten the edges of the pastry and cover with the rolled-out top piece, crimping the edges together carefully.
4. Brush beaten egg over the top and bake in the oven for 30 minutes until crisp and golden brown. You can sweat leeks instead of onions, or add buttered apple slices instead of the potato.
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I love easy, no nonsense recipes like this. What a great way to use up left over potatoes. I'll try this and let you know how it comes out .. thanks for the recipe.