Cheese and Potato Pie

Serves: to serve 2

Prep Time: 10 Minutes

Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Ready In: 40 mins

1 small bowl - mashed potato

1 oz - butter

1 oz - plain flour (all purpose flour)

7½ fl oz - milk

2 oz - white breadcrumbs

- salt and pepper

¼ teaspoon - English mustard

2 - eggs

4 oz - Cheddar cheese

Take a shallow baking dish about 8" x 5" (20cm x 12.5cm) and grease well with butter. Use the cooked potato to line this dish up to ½" (1cm) thick.
To make the filling, place the butter in a pan and melt gently. Add the flour all at once and stir into the butter. Add the milk little-by-little, stirring all the time. Bring the mixture to the boil then reduce the heat and add the breadcrumbs, salt, pepper, mustard and 3oz (85g) of the cheese. Continue stirring until all the cheese has melted then remove the pan from the heat.
Separate the egg yolks from the whites and place the egg whites into a basin. Beat or whisk them until they are stiff and fold into the sauce in the pan (do not beat again). Pour the sauce into the potato shell then sprinkle the remaining 1oz (25g) of cheese on top. Bake for 30 minutes in a preheated oven at Mk 5 - 375ºF - 190ºC. Serve hot.