Homity Pies

Name: Homity Pies
Yield: makes 20 cm/8 inch tart or 6 individual ones serves 6
Ingredients: 3–4 tbsp. full cream milk sea salt and pepper; 30 g butter; 325 g potatoes; 450 g onions, finely chopped; 2 tbsp. olive oil; 3–4 tbsp. full cream milk sea salt and pepper; 3–4 tbsp. full cream milk sea salt and pepper; 120 g very mature Cheddar like Montgomery, a good, unpasteurised cheese, not block Cheddar; 120 g very mature Cheddar like Montgomery, a good, unpasteurised cheese, not block Cheddar; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 2 tbsp. parsley, chopped, old-style, not flat-leaf if possible; 2 large tomatoes, sliced; 120 g very mature Cheddar like Montgomery, a good, unpasteurised cheese, not block Cheddar; 120 g very mature Cheddar like Montgomery, a good, unpasteurised cheese, not block Cheddar

Preparation info

makes 20 cm 8 inch tart or 6 individual ones serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Smart Tart

By Tamasin Day-Lewis

Published 2013

About

The originals. And as good as ever they were in those heady Cranks days. My children may laugh, but I smile. Ritual has become tradition.

Ingredients

325 g potatoes
30 g butter
3–4 tbsp.

Pastry
Vegetarian
Pie

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4. Make the shortcrust pastry in the normal way, preferably with 50:50 wholewheat to plain flour, bake blind and dry out in the oven.

For the filling: boil the potatoes, drain them and mash them with the butter, m