Pancake beef pie

Name: Pancake beef pie
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 500 g lean minced beef; a pinch of dried or 1 tsp chopped fresh thyme; cooking oil for frying; 190 g soured cream or plain yoghurt; 1 tbsp tomato purée; 3 rashers of rindless streaky bacon, finely diced; 1 large onion, finely chopped; 1 celery stick, finely chopped; salt and pepper to season; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 1 tbsp flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped; 1 x 400 g tin chopped tomatoes; 10 French pancakes (see recipe)

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Prue

By Prue Leith

Published 2018

About

I love this recipe. It’s not unlike a beef cannelloni or spaghetti bolognese in flavour, but it’s more fun to do, looks festive on the table – and each slice, showing the layers of pancake and fillings, makes it look much more difficult to make than it is. It also freezes well and children love it.

Ingredients

10 French pancakes (see recipe)
500 g lean minced beef
cooking oil for frying

Main course
Pie

Method

Following the recipe, make the pancake batter and allow it to stand while you prepare the meat sauce.
Fry half the mince in a hot frying pan with a tablespoon of oil. Press the meat down in a shallow layer on the hot pan with a fish slice, leave while it sizzles and browns, then turn over and fry the other side. This takes a w