Veluwe Hunter's Pie

Name: Veluwe Hunter's Pie
Total time: 9000 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500 grams beef or venison; 1 kg potatoes; 500 grams onions; 125 grams butter; 1 cup vinegar; worcestershiresauce; breadcrumbs; applesauce; 2 bayleaves; 4 whole cloves; 5 squashed juniper berries; 1 pinch salt; 5 crushed peppercorns

Tremere @Tremere

Dublin, Ireland

One of my favourite recipes handed down to me by my mother. It's a traditional hunter's pie from the Veluwe area of the Netherlands using local ingredients found in the forests and heaths of the area (mostly).
It is a hearty dish which will serve well during cold winter evenings.

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Ingredients

2 hours 30 mins

4 servings

Meat
500 gramsbeef or venison
Vegetables
1 kgpotatoes
500 gramsonions
125 gramsbutter
1 cupvinegar
worcestershiresauce
breadcrumbs
applesauce
Spices
2bayleaves
4whole cloves
5squashed juniper berries
1 pinchsalt
5crushed peppercorns

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Steps

2 hours 30 mins

1

Cook the meat: first brown on both sides, then add some water and the cup of vinegar together with the spices.
2

After an hour of slow cooking add the onions. Leave it all stewing for an additional hour.
3

Boil the potatoes well and mash them. Take the meat from the pan, cut it in small pieces and mash it with the potatoes. Add the onions and meat juice until it can stirred with ease. If necessary add some butter or milk, but this is often not necessary. Season when necessary with additional salt and/or Worcestershire sauce.
4

Preheat the oven to 200C. Put the dish in an oven tray and cover it with breadcrumbs, add a few lumps of butter on top. Put it all in the oven until you get a golden brown crust
5

Serve the dish with some applesauce on the side