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Shepherds' Pie

Grease a deep baking-dish with some of the melted fat from a two-pound tin of beef. Boil or steam four pounds of potatoes, mash and season them, and put them an inch thick at the bottom and sides of the dish. Then put a layer of half a pound of fried onions all over the potato layer. Mince the meat, add the jelly from it, and half a pint of canned tomatoes, with a little stock or plain gravy of any sort. Pile this in the centre of the dish; put the remainder of the potatoes thickly on the top; rough the surface with a fork, and bake until well-browned in a moderate oven, i.e. for about three-quarters of an hour. Probable cost, 1s. 6d. to 1s. 8d.