meat pie with potato crust

Recipe by
Cathy Gillespie
ARIZONA CITY, AZ

This recipe is from 1902. I adore old recipes. I change this recipe from the sliced beef to beef cut into chunks.

method Bake

Ingredients For meat pie with potato crust

  • cold roast beef, trimmed, cut into thin slices
  • cold water
  • 1
    onion, sliced
  • 1
    carrot, sliced
  • 1 stalk
    celery, sliced
  • salt and pepper
  • POTATO CRUST
  • 2 c
    flour
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1/2 c
    shortening
  • 1 c
    cold mash potatoes
  • milk

How To Make meat pie with potato crust

  • 1
    Add beef with meat trimmings and bones in stock pot with cover with cold water; add onion, carrot and celery. Let simmer several hours; strain off broth, reserving. Remove beef slices and return to stock pot and add reserved broth; simmer until the beef is tender. Season with salt and pepper. Pour into a baking dish; cover with a round of potato crust in which there is an opening; bake until the crust is done, 15 minutes.
  • 2
    Potato crust: Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. With the tips of your fingers work in shortening, then the mashed potatoes; add enough milk to make a soft dough, turn on to the board, handling as little as possible and pat and roll out to fit the dish.

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