Thrifty Sausagemeat Pie
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 454g or 1 pack sausagemeat (£1.55)
  • 1 box stuffing, made up according to instructions (87p)
  • 1 red onion, finely chopped (17p)
  • 2 slices smoked bacon, chopped (83p, 2 packs for £5.00 currently)
  • 2 leeks, trimmed and sliced (66p, 1 pack of three 99p)
  • about 2 tbsp butter (10p, £1 per pack)
  • 4 potatoes, washed (90p, 2.25 per bag)
  • Fresh parsley, chopped (20p, fresh bunch £1.00)
  • Seasoning (did not price)
Instructions
  1. Make stuffing in a large bowl according to instructions.
  2. In a non stick pan, fry the bacon bits until crispy, then put to one side, keeping the juices in the pan. Tip onto stuffing.
  3. Fry the diced onion in the bacon juices until soft and golden then add to stuffing.
  4. Add the sausagemeat to the stuffing and blend it all together. The easiest, if stickiest, way is with your hands.
  5. Take an ovenproof dish (mine is about 20cm rectangle enamel pie dish) and smear base and sides in butter.
  6. Layer the leeks in the bottom of the dish.
  7. Add the sausagemeat mixture and pat down.
  8. Finally, slice the potatoes lengthways and layer on top of the sausagemeat. Season well and dot with remaining butter.
  9. Cover the whole dish loosely with a lid or foil (again, I did not cost this element) and put in the oven at 180C for about 45 minutes.
  10. Check that the potatoes are cooked, remove the foil, return to the oven at a higher temp of about 200C for 15 minutes to brown potatoes.
  11. If cooking in the Aga, you need to bake on the grid shelf on the floor of the roasting oven for about 45 minutes, with the plain shelf on the second set of runners. Check that the potatoes are cooked before removing foil and cooking on the plain shelf for the last 10-15 minutes until the potatoes are brown and crispy.
Recipe by Domestic Goddesque at https://domesticgoddesque.com/2014/05/thrifty-sausagemeat-pie-morrisons-budget-busting-prices/