Wednesday 7 September - Pork and Apple Shepherds Pie with Rosti Topping

This is a recipe from a Waitrose recipe card, that my Mother made several times. I borrowed it from her as it was something that she had persuaded George to eat back in the days that she used to look after him.
My only change the recipe was to make my own rosti, rather than using the long life one recommended in the recipe.

Onion and garlic fried in oil, then a pack of pork mince was added and browned off

Then peeled cored and grated eating apple, and some sliced mushrooms were also cooked through.

In with some flour, then a tin of tomatoes and some stock, and it was simmered. I always think you can never simmer mince for too long, so it was left for around an hour, then added to the serving dish

While this was cooking I made the rosti, I used the Delia Smith method of parboiling the potatoes in their skins, then peeling and grating. I added melted butter, and lots of mature cheddar to the potato, along with seasoning

This topped the mince, and it was baked for about 40 minutes.

I had actually forgotten about this recipe, but one to add to the regular list as it all got eaten!