Baked Bean Cheesy Potato Topped Pie

Baked Bean Cheesy Potato Topped Pie - delicious tomatoey baked bean and vegetable filling with a beautiful cheesy mashed potato topping. A perfect recipe for the whole family.

Baked Bean Pie

My kids love baked beans. I think most kids do and baked beans with cheese an a fluffy baked potato is a popular combination. But I've taken it that one step further, by turning a simple can of baked beans into a delicious potato topped pie.

Simple ingredients, but amazing flavours, it's a great dish for freezing too, if you are having a batch cooking day.

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Best Potatoes for Pie

My favourite variety of potatoes for mash are yellow/golden fleshed potatoes like Yukon Golds. When cooked they have a beautiful buttery flavour that is just perfect for mashed potatoes.

Similar varieties to use in the UK are Elfe Potatoes, but pick any yellow flesh potato that is suitable for mashed potatoes.

Cooking Mashed Potatoes

Usually mashed potatoes are just cooked in salted water, but to add flavour, I prefer to cook in some stock - chicken is best, but vegetable works fine too if you are vegetarian.

As the stock reduces down and the potatoes cook it adds such a lovely flavour to the mash. It's my favourite way to cook mashed potatoes now. Then I just add a little butter and milk.

Can I omit the butter and milk?

Yes you can omit the butter and milk if you really want to, but it makes the topping for this so delicious and really it's not a huge amount of additional calories when divided into servings. This recipe serves 6, it's well worth using the butter and milk.

If you do omit these, I would mash in 1 egg to the potatoes, this will prevent the mash from being too dry.

Can I swap some of the vegetables in the Pie?

Got fussy kids in your family that won't eat certain vegetables? feel free to swap out certain ingredients for ones they will eat. So long as you keep the ratios around the same it will be fine.

and if they don't like vegetables at all, you can omit all together and just have a healthy serving of vegetables on the side for those that will eat vegetables. You may not need to add the stock though if you do this.

Best Cheese for Melting

In this recipe I use a combination of cheddar and mozzarella. Mozzarella is great for melting and cheddar add flavour. Although make sure you use a mature cheddar.

The cheddar here tends to be orange yellow in colour due to add annatto, you can get white cheddar but it is not as common. Red Leicester is a great substitute for the cheddar if you want to add some colour to the top of the mashed potatoes.

I recommend using a block of cheese and grating yourself if you can, balls of mozzarella can be grated too, if it's too soft just add to the freezer for 10 minutes. The issue with pre-grated cheese is that it's coated in starch and so it doesn't melt as good.

Sides for Baked Bean Cheesy Potato Topped Pie

This is perfectly fine to enjoy just as it is, but if you like some additional vegetables sides, here are some vegetables we enjoy with this recipe:

• Steamed or roasted broccoli
• Sautéed Kale or Spinach
• Roasted Butternut Squash
• Additional sautéed peppers and onion

More Bean Recipes

Love recipes with beans? Check out some of these:

• Cajun Pork and Beans
• Kidney Bean Curry (Rajma)
• Mediterranean Tomatoes and White Beans
• Carrot and Butter Bean Soup
• Sausage and Bean Pasta Bake
• Spicy Beef, Beans and Rice
• Lamb Meatball and Bean Curry
• Tuscan Chicken and White Bean Soup

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