World Flavors Cookbook

Pie and Mash

A traditional London East End dish of minced beef pie served with mashed potatoes and a unique parsley sauce known as "liquor".

Cuisine: England

Ingredients

• Minced beef pies
• Mashed potatoes
• Liquor: 50g butter, 50g flour, 500ml eel stock (or fish/chicken), bunch of fresh parsley, salt, pepper

Instructions

1. Bake the pies until golden.
2. Prepare creamy mashed potatoes.
3. Make the liquor: melt butter, stir in flour, and slowly add stock.
4. Whisk in a huge amount of finely chopped parsley until the sauce is bright green.
5. Serve the pie and mash smothered in the green liquor, often with a side of jellied eels.