St Patrick's Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• pastry dough
• 220 g plain flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 50 g lard or 50 g solid vegetable fat
• 50 g butter
• approximately 4 tablespoons ice water
• 1 egg for egg wash
• 300 g potatoes, any kind will do
• 340 g corned beef
• 1 brown onion, roughly chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon sage
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce

Recipe

• 1 peel potatoes and cut into cubes about 2 inches, and boil till fork tender but not mushy, drain and allow to dry off a bit you don't want them to wet, and set aside.
• 2 make pastry and put in the fridge for 20-30 minutes to rest.
• 3 heat the oven to 350f or 170c.
• 4 roll out pastry leaving enough aside for the lid between two sheets of greasproof paper and line a 8 inch pie dish with the pastry.
• 5 in a bowl mix the cooled potato, diced cornbeef, onion and the seasonings together, turn over rather than stir to mix.
• 6 put mix in the pie dish and roll out your lid as before wet the edge of the pie and crimp the edges together.
• 7 whisk up the egg and gently brush over the top of your pie and cut two slits in the lid about 1/2 inch each, ilike to grind a wee bit of sea salt on top.
• 8 bake in the oven for about 20 -30 minutes or untill done.
• 9 serve with steamed cabbage and good gravy and enjoy.