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Corned Beef Pie

Traditional dish with self-raising flour, lard, margarine.

Ingredients

  • 12 oz self-raising flour
  • 3 oz lard
  • 3 oz margarine
  • 1 large tin of corned beef
  • 1 large onion
  • 1 lb potatoes
  • 1 knob butter
  • to taste milk

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F, GM 6).
  2. Sift the flour into a bowl.
  3. Rub in the lard and margarine.
  4. Add enough water to bind the mixture into a dough.
  5. Roll out half the dough.
  6. Use it to line a large flan or quiche dish.
  7. Boil the potatoes.
  8. Drain.
  9. Add the butter.
  10. Mash.
  11. Add the chopped onion and corned beef.
  12. Spoon the potato mixture into the lined dish.
  13. Roll out the other half of the pastry mixture.
  14. Lay it over the dish sealing at the edges, forming a lid to the pie.
  15. Cut some slits in the top of the lid.
  16. Brush with a little milk.
  17. Cook until golden brown (about 35–40 minutes).
  18. Serve with vegetables, gravy, chips, peeled plum tomatoes, waffles, anything you like really.

Adapted from “Corned beef pie”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.

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