Simple but Heavenly = Cheese and Potato Pie

This dish I have had ever since I can remember and although it is very simple and basic, it is utterly delicious. After moving out, it was one thing that I had not had for months but I finally managed to get suitable cookware to do it myself. Now for this I just used two cans of new potatoes and basic cheddar cheese, however my mum has always used non tinned potatoes, which I have to say is a lot more yummy, but on a student budget, where the cans are 13p each, then its not bad :p

The basics of this dish is to boil potatoes over the hob till cooked,






Add Salt, pepper and butter.

MASH :D MASHED POTATO!!!!!
Haha another childhood memory there!!

Then once all mashed yummy and smooth, spread a thin layer of potato at the bottom of a small dish. 

Add a layer of grated cheese.

Alternate between these two until the dish is full, you should have cheese on the last layer.

Place in the oven for a while on a basic temperature such as 180c or gas mark 4,  keep

an eye on it.

When the cheese has all become a crusty light to dark brown colour , take it out and serve with a lovely dollop of ketchup!

Now when I did this, we ended up having to take the pie out of the oven earlier, because we started cooking a bit too late. But trust me the best part of the pie is when you have a crunchy outside layer :)

I will hopefully upload a picture of the pie with what it should look like fully cooked to perfection, but these are pictures of the pie starting to brown off. 

You don't have to mash the potato though if you don't want to. When I went on a German Exchange in 2009, we had to put down our favourite meal and this is what i put down. My partners family made it with cutting potatoes into scallop like forms and they were just as yummy, you could also use a cheese sauce with that method instead if you would prefer :)


---- Update Thursday 19th September----
As stated above, I said I would post pictures of a more browned of cheese and potato pie so you can see what it looks more cooked :) This one we used simple baking potatoes :)