Corned Beef Hash Pie Old School Suet Crust Pastry
This is the FIRST for the internet, but this is a fantastic recipe, and I’m sure there will be many copies and uploads in various blogs, vlogs, forums, and channel postings! I combined two old-school recipes to make a fantastic Corned Beef Hash Pie Old School Suet Crust Pastry.
Corned beef hash has a rich history in the UK, closely tied to the broader narrative of corned beef itself, which has been a staple in British diets for centuries. Here’s a brief overview:
The term “corned” comes from treating meat with large-grained rock salt, also known as “corns” of salt. Corned beef became popular in Britain primarily because the British Navy and army used it as a preserved meat source during long sea voyages and military campaigns, particularly in the 17th century.
During both World Wars, fresh meat was rationed heavily in the UK, but corned beef, often imported from Argentina, was more readily available and affordable. This led to its widespread use in households across the country. Corned beef hash became a popular dish during and after World War II as it was a hearty, filling meal that could be made with a few simple, available ingredients: corned beef, onions, and potatoes.
In the contemporary UK, corned beef hash is considered comfort food and is featured in various forms across different regions. It is often served with fried or poached eggs and sometimes accompanied by baked beans.
Corned beef hash exemplifies a dish that evolved out of necessity and scarcity into a beloved comfort food. It retains its popularity through its simplicity and the fond memories it evokes of home cooking.
Suet crust pastry is a traditional recipe deeply rooted in British culinary history. It is mainly known for its light, flaky texture when cooked, and it puffs up due to the self-raising flour used in the mix.
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Ingredients
Oil/butter
900g potatoes cubed and boiled
340g tin corned beef https://amzn.to/3UyPOks
2 onions diced
2 cloves garlic minced – optional
Salt
Pepper
1 tsp dried thyme used in cooking hash
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce https://amzn.to/3vZES6h
1 tsp Colman English mustard https://amzn.to/44jwwmk
2 cups beef broth
Suet Pastry
340g self-raising flour
40g cornflour
120g shredded suet
450 ml milk
½ tsp salt
pinch dried thyme
Handful grated cheddar cheese – optional
oven to 360°F (180°C) – 20 mins
Air fryer 340°F (170°C) – 20 mins
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oh are you kidding me look at that g beef hash pie hi everyone welcome to vakf I’m Rick today we’re doing something which is not ever been seen before we combining the Great British ingredients and making something which is truly special we are making a corn beef hash pie with a sew crust pastry top now it’s an old school Su pastry top an unusual pastry not made the normal way of a pastry you might have seen it before on the channel but we’re combining both of these as that real traditional old school way of making a corn beef hash pie this is the first time on the internet with this and if you like what we’re doing on this channel don’t forget smash that like And subscribe share with your friends all that kind of stuff give it a thumbs up leave a comment let’s get on I’m sorry I had to plug that just there you know but we’ve only got 39% subscribers watching the channel the rest are unsubscribed so if you won’t mind okay let’s crack on here corn beef hash pie what we’re going to do is first of all we’re going to do some potatoes I’ve washed them I’ve scrubbed them and they’ve been drying there is a couple of little marks on there which will probably take out and probably that little bit of a green end there we don’t want that um but you know there’s nothing wrong with these skins these Skins are fantastic so what we’re going to do is Cube these into 1 cm cubes leaving the skin on it doesn’t matter so nice and steady okay and then we’re going to take a pan and this Pan’s got some water in and we’re going to put all those in there we’re going to boil it so like I say just Cube up your potatoes don’t rush roughly the same size okay I actually think that’s enough potatoes so I’m going put that to one side potatoes little bit of salt on to boil want sh it on behind me okay corn beef hash onions I’m going to cube the onions not slice so we’re going to have some little cubes of onion in here now you can Cube it as small as you wish that is up to you if you want big cubes big chunks of onion Cube them big come on now we got two onions and you could probably get away with one okay got a pan and what we’re going to do is just chook a little bit of butter in there actually little bit of butter and we are going in there with a little bit of oil we are ch in all our onions in there just like that yep we know it’s not on yet just Chu that to one side we got a couple of cloves of garlic and we’re just going to give it a little once over garlic is completely optional you know a lot of people don’t like garlic in cor beef hash that’s fine I do it’s in okay for our p P then we’ll do our pastry and then when we bring it all together and it goes in the oven self-raising flour little bit of salt not much pinch of thyme corn flour little whiz in so it straightforward s it commonly recognized br PL in the UK is Atara green one is vegetable blue one is beef that’s how we sew it so you can have a choice if you want to make vegetarian you can have vegetable sew it if you want to do meat or whatever you’re not a veggie use the beef so hands in just bring this in here light breadcrumbs just mix in you sue it now I’m not sure this is essential you have to do this but I’ve always done it and I always have good results so you don’t have to spend too long um trying to turn this into super fine breadcrumbs that’s good enough and then this is where it becomes the old school strange pastry that is milk in there and we are mixing to a dir oh crazy a’t it so give that a good mixing in and what’s going to happen is the flour is going to soak up that fluid in there and we’re going to end up with a little bit of a thicker dough so we’re just going to put that to one side and we’re going to crack on with frying these so we got a flame on and we’re just going to start to fry that in there you can get a little bit of color on fantastic in there with a pinch of dry thyme in there with some black pepper now if you want to do salt little corn beef is salty okay while all that’s going on we want to be opening now corn beef nice and straight forward nothing hard about that nice and straightforward and then we want to take that corn beef out of there okay potatoes boiled and dried in the pan in there and then all you do is just mix it in nice and steady introduce those onions and that seasoning to those potatoes and now we’re introducing our our corn beef to that it doesn’t matter how you get the corn beef in you know we want the corn beef in there so get it in and we’re going to stir it all the way through so just stir your corn beef in with your potatoes and your onions oh fabulous in there with a splashing of wora sauce about a tablespoon and if you got any English mustard in there with a teaspoon give it a little bit of a mixing in and as you can see we’ve got a dry mix at the moment not to worry you know if we taking on any of that crustiness on the bottom of the pan that is fine this is one of those times where you want a little bit of crusty so we’re going to give it a little minute to crust up on the bottom we’re not worried about that so just give it a little minute let it crust up then we’ll turn it over let have a little bit more just try and brown off bits inside our corn beef hash cuz this is going inside a pie now I’m trying to stick to the very basic corn beef hash now this is just potatoes onions corn beef now you don’t have to be a culinary genius to do this kind of cooking you know look at it and you’re going to get people complain but that’s up to them you know corn beef hash this is what a corn beef hash looks like okay now we are going in there with our gravy and what we’re going to do now is cook this in there till it thickens and dries up a little bit we actually want moisture in this pie and not just corn beef we need the moisture in there you know we we’re making a pie we want a little bit of a gravy now don’t worry what it looks like just cook it down thicken it up and then what’s happening is all that moisture is been absorbed in there and we’ll have end up with a nice moist pie this is real comfort food at best you know it’s flavored you’ve got beef in there you’ve got your potatoes in there and onions in there we just need to thicken it a little bit now to have a nice reasonably thick gravy okay that’s enough we need the flame off with we got this lovely pan here dried out but with enough moisture in there okay and I’m using the high happy enti air fryer 24 L air fryer again today and we want to be putting the setting the temperature on here to about 170 and we’re going to let it preheat we want to be going in there with our corn beef mix and we go now we are going to take up our pastry to a whole new level cheddar cheese so we got cheddar cheese in there how we are just going to stir it through and that is it that is our pastry you haven’t seen a pastry like that before now this really is old school cooking on there now if you can bring it up to the side it is going to raise up anybody can make this anybody can make this pastry this is a fantastic easy meal to make right we’re going in that air fryer here we go so we want to be hitting this for about 20 minutes and then we’ll have a look at it we’re on we’re going there we have it we can get that out of there got a skewer and we will skewer the top done oh look at that wow we’re going to give it about 10 minutes and then we’re going to cut a slice out come on straight through the CHP of here oh in here oh can’t be fast by oh corn beef hash pie how do you like your corn beef hash do you serve it with uh Bak beans do you serve it with veg or do you just eat it this is old school pastry can’t beef fash we’re going to serve it with some beans oh are you kidding me look at that we’ll just put a little bit of brown sauce around the back of there and we can scoop it on oh fantastic pastry I mean this is old school pastry at its best you know people don’t do this anymore you know what a shame look at that it’s light in there it’s fluffy it’s a bit like a dumpling we in there straight in that top let’s get in we got to see if it’s got a Cheesy flavor oh that’s quality actually Herby not much cheese we could do with putting some more cheese in next time corn beef hash and our pastry what a combo let’s get in here trying to eat this the wrong way around oh oh yes oh yes indeed that is lightweight that is superb corn beef hash can’t go wrong pastry is light as that enough there for six people because it puffs up that is delicious you know this is the first time you’ll never see this on the internet this is old school corn beef hash and traditional tight pastry combined together what a fantastic British dish oh can’t go wrong if you like like what we’re doing don’t forget smash that like And subscribe share with your friends all that kind of stuff we’ll catch you in the next video
41 Comments
Just wait until me mam sees this haha….gonna make this for her she'll love it 👍🏻
We had corned beef hash a lot while camping. The closest to this was when it was topped with Bisquick. Hearty but not as good as yours.
Hi Rik. That is incredible! I must say though, i would not have bothered with the beans, i would just had twice the amount of pie.😀👍👍👍
Wow fabulous going to make this one good for feeding the family on a budget . Thank you Rick
This what cookery is all about, taking one or more cookery concept ideas and combining them and coming up with a new recipe idea!😊
I remember that pastry from school dinners. Usually topping some stewed beef and carrot. I've used it on all sorts over the years. I do have corned beef slices in the freezer, Rik, thanks for reminding me 😃
one word… Fantastic!
Blimey corn beef hash poor man’s dinner back in day wallop it looks like you prefer 24 ltr Rik wallop
Oh yum
I am 69 years old. I have never heard of or seen suet? Is it what we (in the U.S.) call beef tallow? It looks to me similar to the way we make biscuits.
Save me a corner bit mate 😋
Looks great, I used to go to a pub where they did steak and kidney with suet pastry. Didn’t realise it was so easy to make. Definitely got to cook this.
I have watched so many of your videos. I just fell in love with the fact that you cook exactly like I do!! I usually watch on TV and realize that you provide a written recipe, but it's easier for me to follow with just the video lol! I also cook by "eyeballing and tasting"😊 Here in the USA we have canned corned beef, but also hash that my mom fried up mixed with scrambled eggs when I was little. We were poor and it went a long way😊 This is the first time I've made a comment, and just want you to know I so enjoy your channel!! Please keep throwing blobs of butter, a bit of this, some of that, and thanks soo much for teaching me that pastries Do Not Need Cold butter to be wonderful!!❤️❤
Looks amazing, Rik!
Where do I get the recipe from
If I only have plain flour in can I use that and if so how much baking powder would I add
I can't get suet where I live, so what would you recommend as a substitute? Also, I think you have every right to point out that those who watch your videos should subscribe too. In fact, I have asked members of my family, who don't even watch your channel because they aren't into cooking, just to help out with the numbers 😃 But your cookery channel is the best. I love the way you tell us to just 'chuck it all in' and that 'potatoes are potatoes' because other channels are too 'posh' and pretentious. Also, I like the way you promote the tools you use without it being pushed in our faces, unlike other channels that interrupt their videos to tell us where we can buy the tools they are using. How about making some clotted cream? Perhaps you could find a way so we don't have our ovens on all night and the grid goes down.
Love a suet crust, remember with a packet of suet in the stock cupboard you can make dough buoys (dumplings) in a stew too.
Wow! This looks fabulous! Thanks again for sharing such precious culinary moments!
Could I trouble you for a request please Rik… my partner loves “school-type” Yorkshire Pudding that his mom used to make (soggy-ish, flat, dense, served in a big old flat pan that was cut into sections).
I’ve tried numerous recipes and fail every time … I deliver fluffy, crusty, perfect risen yorkshires .. but not for him! Any suggestions please? I know exactly what he means, I was in school 60s/70s.
Thanks anyhoo 😊 xx
Rik, another master piece! I think I have tried and completed about 25% of your reciepes, I have the same oven so its easy, everything comes out Fantastic, wonder if you ever though of showing how to make red ant omelette or maybe equivalent, or seriously a baked Alaska with some nice ice cream IT'S Summer ! cheers mate good job.
how do you make vegitarian corned beef hash????
With red cabbage for me please
That really looks so tasty
I did the mince and onion with the suet on top , 1st time and it was amazing thank you
As a child I hated corn beef hash, years later i really appreciate corn beef as as a main ingredient ro lovelly comfort food.
I can be a proper food snob, but I do love a hark back to the childhood. This gets the nostalgia whirring. Not everything has to be michelin star style. Lots I love here. Suet pastry, tick! Corned beef hash, tick! Put em together, yeah boy! Looks proper.
Love the depth on the suet crust! YES! go big or go home! you get my seal of approval Rik mate
Lovely that Rik – I am making that as well mate. ❤
Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺, love the affordable recipes. At the moment cannned corn beef is over $6 per can 😱🤣 but I would get a few meals from this recipe. 👍
Yummo💜 I'd probably have on it's own or with veg
Rik, Great video, love the tip about the cheesy suet crust pastry…but vegetarian suet for corned beef?… OK, let they eye-rolling commence!
Yum iv been looking everywhere for old school cheese croquettes, iv heard they were made with semolina? Have you ever made them @backyard chef
Rik is quickly becoming my cooking guru!
Cookie used to do an onion and bacon pastry roll with suet crust when I was at sea – that has been my favorite pastry ever since.
Rik,I've been watching since St Patrick's day. I'm obsessed, Delicious food and You are delightful.So much fun and Fun is good, food is fantastic. Ive shared with my Aussie and Welsh friends and cooked for my family and light of my life. Thank you! Daily I watch for inspiration
Your recipes alwzys look delicious. Love corned beef hash and a side of beans. Beautiful crust. 👌
But you won't get suet texture out of regular fat.
The first time I see one of your videos without butter, I'll be sad.
Garlic is life.
Absolutely gorgeous and easy enough to put together. Love your manner of speaking when giving 'freedom of choice' to viewers. Thanks for showing the two types of suet. Looks so delicious!
Must try this old school recipe. 😊 Thank you.
Looks great. I make my dumplings in the oven for my stews as hubby doesn't like soggy dumplings. Whilst you're into suet pastry how about a good old fashioned Kentish bacon pudding? 😋😁
Looks delish. Thank you Rik. Another great dish.