Finnish Pie

Finnish Pie
(6 servings)

Ingredients:
Minced meat-500gm
Minced onion-1 cup
Eggs-2
Dry bread crumbs-4 tsp
All purpose flour-4 tsp
Butter-4 tsp
Cooked potato-500gm
Minced ginger-1tsp
Milk- 1 ½ cups
Pepper powder-3/4 tsp or to taste
Nutmeg powder-1/4 tsp
Salt- to taste

Method:

• Sauté the onion and ginger in butter first, and then the meat.
• Add ¼ cup water and enough salt and cook the meat with a lid on.
• When it is dry add the spices and the flour, stir well and then remove from fire.
• Grease an oven proof dish and arrange the cooked slices of potato in the bottom and sides.
• Put meat inside and cover with more potato slices.
• Whisk the egg, add milk and salt and pour it evenly over the pie.
• Sprinkle the crumbs on top, put knobs of butter here and there and bake in a 350F (180C) pre heated oven till the top is golden brown.
• Serve with Bread or Dinner Rolls.

Recipe Adapted from: Mrs. B.F. Varughese’s Recipes for All Seasons.