Cheesy pork and potato pie

Cheesy pork and potato pie for dinner

What ya need!

500g pork mince

2 garlic cloves, crushed

1 tbs dried thyme leaves

250g frozen spinach, defrosted

1 x 400g tin of cannellini beans

100g grated cheese

500 ml full fat milk

knob of butter

2 heaped tbsp plain flour

500g potatoes sliced thinly

oil spray

What ya do!

• Chuck ya mince in a frying pan, add garlic and Thyme

• Fry till mince browned on low to medium heat, breaking up the mince as you go along.

• Add defrosted spinach and cannellini beans.

• Fry for few minutes on a low to medium heat ensuring mince is de-clumped.

• Throw cheese, milk, butter and flower in a sauce pan.

• On a low heat whisk continually till forms into a thickened consistency.

• Throw the mince dish and the cheese sauce into a baking dish and combine.

• Lay the potatoes on top of the mince and cheese mixture and spray with oil.

• Put it in the oven on 200 degrees fan forced for 45 minutes or till the potatoes have browned.

Mrs Shelley's Antics!

Hhhiiiyyyaaa!!!

A nice cheesy pork and potato pie. Oh will you stop it. I do not even want to think about the calories in this dish but needs must. It looked absolutely calorific.

I love using pork mince instead of beef mince at times. It does not produce a lot of fat whilst cooking. It de-clumps really well with my mince masher.

Today I am trying to use up some garlic cloves that I have, but the faff of it is painful. I'd rather buy granules or powder. I don't know why I bought them but I thought on this particular day lets do it. Yep, I won't be doing that for a while. Half the garlic stays in the garlic press. Thank goodness I used dried Thyme.

I opted for frozen spinach instead of the fresh. It is already cut into small pieces so that is cutting down my meal prep time.

With this dish I was initially going to layer up like a lasagna with potatoes instead of the lasagna sheets and cheese on top but the mood I was in I just mixed the cheese and meat together at the last minute and see what happens and it was not a mistake. It worked. This saved me heaps of time layering with two layers of potatoes. Nope, I'm not doing it.

It smelt so good but I was thinking about my waistline but pork was a healthier option with not as much fat coming out and there was spinach in it so I think I balanced it out. Although, can you see the oil on top that it produced? Oh will you stop it!

The whole family enjoyed this. It was so tasty and I hope you do too.

Love Mrs Shelley