Pork and Potato Pie

Name: Pork and Potato Pie
Ingredients: 680 g potatoes, peeled; 80 g butter, plus extra for baking; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 3 large garlic cloves, roughly chopped; 1 large egg, beaten; plain flour, for dusting; 500 g pork mince; 1 large orange or red pepper, seeds and stem removed and finely chopped; 1 large orange or red pepper, seeds and stem removed and finely chopped; 75 g smoked and rindless bacon, finely chopped; 2 tsp wholegrain mustard; oil, for oiling

Preparation info

Serves
6–7

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Marvellous Meals with Mince

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 2012

About

This is a good family dish, equally popular with adults and children. It is made in a Swiss roll fashion, with mashed potato encasing a pork mixture, full of flavour and baked until crisp and golden.

Ingredients

680 g potatoes, peeled
80 g butter, plus extra for baking
sea salt and

Main course
Pie

Method

Boil or steam the potatoes until soft. Put in a mixing bowl, add the butter and some seasoning and mash until smooth. Purée the garlic with a little salt using a pestle and mortar. Stir the garlic purée and egg into the potato and set aside to cool.

Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas mark 4