Monday 14 July 2014

Mini Potato Top Pies

Everyone loves a good pie, not only are they delicious but they are the perfect winter warmer for both lunch and dinner. These mini beef pies with a potato top are easy to put together and taste as great as anything you would find in your favorite bakery.


Instead of making one big pie, I used a 6 hole giant muffin pan to create these little one serve pies, using my icing icing tube to pipe on the potato. I was a bit paranoid about whether this would work or not. I spent a while making sure my potato was super well mashed but even so I was still scared that the potato would get stuck in the tube tip. Turns out that this wasn't even a slight problem, thankfully it worked beautifully!

This recipe is a good way to sneak those extra veggies onto the kids' plates too!


Mini Potato Top Pies


Makes 6

600 g (21 oz) ground beef
1 onion, finely diced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 large carrot, peeled and cubed
2 Tbsp tomato paste
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 Cup beef stock
3 Sheets of reduced fat savory short crust pastry
Mashed potato (I used 4 large potatoes)

1. Heat a dash of oil in a large fry pan. Fry the onion and the garlic for a couple of minutes. Add the beef and continue to cook until the beef is browned.

2. Add the carrot, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, and beef stock. Bring to a simmer and simmer gently for 30 minutes, until the sauce is reduced and thick.

3. Preheat the oven to 180C (350F). Grease a Giant/Texas muffin pan and line the base and side of each hole with pastry. I rolled out the store-brought pastry sheets a bit, cut in half and used half a sheet per hole. (I also blind baked the pastry for 10 minutes, but this is up to you!)

4. Spoon in the beef mixture, top with potato and bake for 30 minutes, until the top of the potato is golden and the pastry cooked.

12 comments:

  1. This is so lovely! It's like a meal in a cup. Besides being beautiful I bet the kids would love it! Or, for that matter any adult. And, it would make a perfect dinner for company. Thanks for sharing your recipe. :)

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    1. Thanks so much Debi! I'm so glad you like the recipe :)

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  2. I love these, they're like individual shepherds pies. My kind of pie :)

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    1. Thank you Janette! I loved making these! They were a lot of fun :)

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  3. This looks so good! I love how it looks like a flower on the outside and inside it's stuffed with amazingness! :-) Stopping by from in and out of the kitchen link party and I am so glad that I did!
    Cathy @ three kids and a fish

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  4. What a great kid friendly way to serve this recipe.

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  5. Oh my! The inside looks scrumptious!! Great for taking to work for lunch!

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  6. Wow that looks delicious. Love how they're the perfect portion size. Thank you for linking at the In and Out of the Kitchen Link Party. Hope to see you again next week.

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  7. I've seen the mashed potato tops on mini meatloaves to look like cupcakes, but I much prefer this shepherd's pie type application. Nice job. :) [#FridayFavorites]

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  8. These are really cute, looks like cupcakes, Love it, thanks for sharign with Hearth and Soul blog hop. pinning.

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