{"id":591,"date":"2019-11-06T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T17:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/?p=591"},"modified":"2024-02-16T21:18:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T02:18:15","slug":"crispy-potato-topped-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/crispy-potato-topped-pie","title":{"rendered":"Crispy Potato Topped Meat Pie (Minced Beef Hotpot)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Enjoy the comfort of this Yummy Crispy Potato Topped Meat Pie (Minced Beef Hotpot) - a beloved family dish featuring savoury minced beef and tender vegetables, all lovingly swathed in a rich, umami-packed gravy and topped with golden, crispy potato slices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The gravy takes this dish to the next level with a secret ingredient: Marmite. This British staple enriches the gravy with deep umami flavor, perfectly accentuating the minced beef and vegetables. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n[feast_advanced_jump_to]\n\n\n

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Calories in Potato Topped Meat Pie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This delicious potato topped meat pie serves 4 and is 419 calories per serving. Leaving you plenty for some additional healthy vegetable sides. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you're looking for more recipes within the same calorie range, you'll find an abundance of options in my dedicated collection of\u00a0400+ calorie recipes<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Minced Beef Hotpot<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We all love a cottage or shepherd's pie, but sometimes you just don't fancy the mash topping, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Crispy Potato Topped Meat Pie is delicious and super easy to make, based on the popular Lancashire Hotpot recipe but uses  Ground beef (Beef Mince) instead of cuts of meat like beef, mutton or lamb or sometimes even offal like kidneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beef Mince (ground beef) is a budget-friendly ingredient and is family-friendly and we all love a meal that the whole family can dig in and enjoy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Marmite Gravy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is one ingredient I like to add to this, that you either love or hate - the good ole marmite!! It adds a lovely flavour to the gravy, but if you really really detest the stuff, just leave it out, it won't affect the flavour I promise. Although even if you hate the stuff you probably won't even realize it is added into this recipe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What it does is adds a great boost of umami to this gravy of this dish, and gives the gravy that yummy rich flavour.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is Umami?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Umami is described as the fifth taste along with sweetness, saltiness, sourness and bitterness and is defined as a \"pleasant savoury taste\" in foods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Popular ingredients for adding umami to recipes are things like fish sauce, mushrooms, seaweed (nori), soy sauce, miso, kimchi and certain cheeses like parmesan. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What type of Potatoes?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The best type of potatoes to use for this Crispy Potato Topped Meat Pie is the floury varieties or ones that are a mix between waxy and floury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My favourite variety this side of the Atlantic in Canada or the USA is Russet Potatoes or Yukon Golds or in the UK Maris Piper, King Edward or Elfe Varieties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sides for Crispy Potato Topped Meat Pie<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I like to serve this pie alongside some greens like sauteed kale, asparagus, green beans or tender stem broccoli, but it is perfectly filling just as it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you like additional gravy with dishes like this, check out my amazing Gravy, perfect for making in advance and freezing in handy portions so you have some on hand whenever you feel like some gravy with a dish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, check out these yummy Side Recipes for additional ideas that you might enjoy to accompany this meal. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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More Ground Beef (Beef Mince) Recipes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Looking for some more recipes using beef mince? check out the following: <\/p>\n\n\n\n