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What Can I Have With Cheese and Potato Pie

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Pin images of our Cheese and Mashed Potato Pie cooked in black and white casserole dish for the top image and served on a blue plate with sausages and peas

Make the kids this amazing comfort food side dish, of cheese and mashed potato pie. To go with their dinner tonight. They will love you for it!

Cheese and Mashed Potato Pie with fried onion rings on top served in a black and white casserole dish with a red,white,blue and black cloth and wood shavings in the background

Kay made this dish based on childhood memories, of one of her favourite 80's school dinner side dishes. It has now become the most asked for family recipe in our house.

How to make cheese and mashed potato pie?

There is not much to it, we will show you how to make this cheesy mashed potato bake.

Check out the video below for a step by step guide or jump straight to the recipe card for all the details.

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Feel free to continue reading for more cooking tips.

Simply make a batch of mashed potatoes, once the potatoes are soft enough for mashing, drain them and leave to air dry.

  • Chopped potatoes in water in a silver cooking pot with salt being sprinkled on top
  • Boiling chopped potatoes in a silver cooking pot
  • Milk and mustard warming up in a silver cooking pot
  • Cooked boiled potatoes added to the milk and mustard in a silver pot

Add milk and mustard into the pan to mash the potatoes with.

Whilst the potatoes for the mash are boiling, gently fry the onions on a medium low heat. Until soft & golden.

  • Frying sliced onion rings on a cast iron pan
  • Frying sliced onion rings on a cast iron pan

What cheese to use?

It is best to use a medium to mature cheddar to give a nice strong flavour to the mashed potato bake.

You can use any cheese, which is good for melting! Such as swiss, jack, gruyere, or gouda. The choice is up to you!

  • Grated cheddar cheese being poured over the mashed potato in a silver pot
  • Mashing the potato with a silver masher in a silver pot

Mash to your desired texture, bare in mind most children like a nice smooth mash!

Grease your casserole dish before adding the cheesy mashed potatoes, this helps make it easier to remove when serving.

  • Lining a black and white casserole dish with butter with kitchen paper by hand
  • Pouring the cheesy mashed potato into a black and white casserole dish

Pile the gooey, smooth cheesy mash into the greased casserole dish.

Sprinkling grated cheese over the mashed potato in a casserole dish by hand

Add yet more cheese on top, you can use a different type to what you mashed in if desired? Top with onions and bake in the oven until golden on top.

Placing fried onion rings on top of the cheesy mashed potato

For this cheese and potato bake recipe, we use crispy onions as a topping. See below for other mashed potato bake topping ideas.

Bake on the top shelf of a preheated oven (220°C/ 200°C fan / Gas mark 7 / 425°F) for about 15 minutes.

Can I make it ahead?

Yes, this cheese and potato pie is so easy to prepare ahead.

Placing the Cheese and Mashed Potato Pie in the oven

Keep it covered in the fridge until ready to reheat.

Cooking in a preheated oven at 220°C/ 200°C fan / Gas mark 7 / 425°F for about 20-25 minutes.

Alternative toppings for cheese and potato pie

Why not mix it up, try adding a topping of sliced tomatoes instead. Or add breadcrumbs to make a nice crispy golden topping.

If you have a fussy eater in the family, putting the onions on top, makes them easy to remove when serving!

Cheese and Mashed Potato with fried onion rings being picked up with a wooden spoon

Of course, if everyone likes onions, you could chop them smaller and mix them in with the mashed potato and cheese pie.

Alternatively, make the dish more filling and meaty by adding fried chopped bacon and onions in with the cheesy mash. It can then be served as a main meal with some vegetables.

Cheese and Mashed Potato Pie with fried onion rings on top served in a black and white casserole dish served with sausages and peas on the side with a red,white,blue and black cloth and wood shavings in the background

The gloriously gooey cheesy mash can be served as it is or with any meat or poultry, vegetables, or baked beans.

We served ours up with air fryer sausages and petit pois peas. The kids would eat this every night if they had it their way!

Cheese and Mashed Potato Pie served with Cumberland sausages and peas on a blue plate

Also makes a great addition to a roast dinner spread. Why not make our Easy Onion Gravy, to pour over the top!

How to store and reheat leftovers?

If you have any leftovers, simply store in the fridge for up to 3 days. Reheat the cheese and potato pie in the microwave until hot throughout.

Cheese and Mashed Potato Pie with fried onion rings on top served in a black and white casserole dish with a red,white,blue and black cloth and wood shavings in the background

Cheese and Mashed Potato Pie

A super side dish for all the family to enjoy.

Inspired by British school dinners this cheese and mashed potato pie is the answer all kids want to hear when they ask 'What's for dinner tonight?'

Potatoes mashed with cheese, oven-baked in a casserole dish topped with more cheese, and your choice of onion, tomatoes, or breadcrumbs.

Perfect served with sausages, chicken, and vegetables, or as part of a roast dinner.

Try adding chopped bacon and onion in with the mash to serve as a cheap easy main meal.

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 35 mins

Total Time 45 mins

Course Dinner, Side Dish

Cuisine British

Servings 6 People as a side

Calories 360 kcal

Stainless Steel Stock/Sauce Pan

  • 1200 grams Potatoes (6 medium/large potatoes) suitable for mashing (maris piper are our favourite)
  • 120 ml Milk (½ cup) any varity (we use semi-skimmed)
  • 1 tsp English Mustard
  • 250 gram Cheese (2 cups) medium - mature cheddar is best for flavour.
  • 1 Onion
  • 1 tbsp oil or butter ½ for frying onion + ½ for greasing dish
  • Salt & Pepper

Optional extras or alternatives

  • 6 slices Smoked Bacon chopped & fried to add into mash
  • 2 large Tomatoes sliced for topping instead of onion
  • 3 tbsp Breadcrumbs to sprinkle on top for extra crunch

  • Preheat oven to 220°C/ 200°C fan / Gas mark 7 / 425°F.

    Chop the potatoes into even-sized chunks. Place in a large saucepan. Add just enough water to just cover them. Add salt to the water.

    Chopped potatoes in water in a silver cooking pot with salt being sprinkled on top

  • Bring to the boil on high heat, then turn the heat down to a gentle boil for about 20 minutes.

    Boiling chopped potatoes in a silver cooking pot

  • Meanwhile, add sliced onion rings into a pan with oil or butter. Fry on medium-low heat.

    Frying sliced onion rings on a cast iron pan

  • Cook until soft and golden.

    Frying sliced onion rings on a cast iron pan

  • When the potato is soft enough for mashing, drain and leave to air dry, clean out the pan. Add milk and mustard into the pan and warm up whilst stirring on low heat.

    Milk and mustard warming up in a silver cooking pot

  • Add potatoes to the milk and start mashing with a masher.

    Cooked boiled potatoes added to the milk and mustard in a silver pot

  • Add ½ of the grated cheese (125g/1cup) and continue to mash over low heat

    Grated cheddar cheese being poured over the mashed potato in a silver pot

  • Mash until cheese has melted and the mash is lump-free.

    Optional- if you want to add bacon or onions into the mash you can stir it in now

    Mashing the potato with a silver masher in a silver pot

  • Prepare the casserole dish by spreading butter or oil all over the bottom and sides with a kitchen tissue.

    Lining a black and white casserole dish with butter with kitchen paper by hand

  • Pile the mashed potato into the casserole dish. Flatten down with the back of a spoon.

    Pouring the cheesy mashed potato into a black and white casserole dish

  • Sprinkle with remaining cheese.

    Sprinkling grated cheese over the mashed potato in a casserole dish by hand

  • Top with fried onion rings.

    Alternatively, top with tomatoes or breadcrumbs.

    Placing fried onion rings on top of the cheesy mashed potato

  • Bake on the top shelf of a preheated oven (220°C/ 200°C fan / Gas mark 7 / 425°F) for about 15 minutes.

    Placing the Cheese and Mashed Potato Pie in the oven

  • Remove when the cheese has melted and turned golden ready to serve.

    Cheese and Mashed Potato Pie with fried onion rings on top served in a black and white casserole dish with a red,white,blue and black cloth and wood shavings in the background

Calories: 360 kcal Carbohydrates: 38 g Protein: 15 g Fat: 17 g Saturated Fat: 9 g Trans Fat: 1 g Cholesterol: 45 mg Sodium: 290 mg Potassium: 939 mg Fiber: 5 g Sugar: 4 g Vitamin A: 443 IU Vitamin C: 41 mg Calcium: 353 mg Iron: 2 mg

Keyword cheese and onion mash, cheese and potato bake, cheesy potato bake, childrens, kids, mashed potatoes, school dinners, side

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Does anyone else remember this British old-school dinner recipe? Hope your children love it as much as I did at school? I still love it now!

Pin image of our Cheese and Mashed Potato Pie being served up with a wooden spoon

Why not check out our Old School Butterscotch Tart recipe for another nostalgic school recipe to try.

We have plenty more 80's school recipes to come! Check out this buzzfeed article for more!

What Can I Have With Cheese and Potato Pie

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