Potato Butter Pie

Let’s get cooking!

• Step 1 of 3

  Make your filling

  Peel and thinly slice your potatoes using a mandoline. Place of pan of water on a medium high heat and bring to the boil. Add sliced potatoes to the pan and simmer for five minutes. Drain and leave to cool. Peel and slice your onions. Add butter to a pan and place on a medium high heat. Once butter is melted, add your onions and cook until soft.

• Step 2 of 3

  Blind bake the base

  Preheat oven to 200^oC / Fan 180^oC / Gas 4.

  Lightly oil a pie dish and line with shortcrust pastry. Using a fork, make small holes in the base of the pastry. Top with a sheet of baking paper and add baking beads. Blind bake for 15 minutes. Remove beads and bake for a further 10 minutes. Leave to cool.

• Step 3 of 3

  Assemble & cook

  Preheat oven to 220^oC / Fan 200^oC / Gas 6.

  Layer the pastry base with the potatoes, then the onion mix in alternating layers until the pie is full. Top with a puff pastry lid. Crimp the edge of the of the pie and make a small hole in the lid. Brush the top with beaten egg and bake for 15 minutes or until pie top is golden.