Mini filo homity pies

Homity Pies are a wartime speciality traditionally made with shortcrust pastry. For a special treat try this mini and lighter version of a homity pie recipe using filo pastry for the crust.

📝 Ingredients

• 1 knob of butter, large
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 400 g of potatoes, cooked, cut into 1cm cubes
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 handful of parsley, chopped
• 100 g of cheddar, grated
• 75 ml of double cream
• salt
• black pepper
• 100 g of butter, melted
• 270 g of filo pastry, 6 sheets
• 30 g of cheddar, grated

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Heat the butter in a pan and add the onion. Sauté for 3 minutes. Add the potato and garlic and cook for a further 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the parsley, cream and cheese. Season with salt and pepper and set aside
2. 2Preheat the oven to 170°C/gas mark 3
3. 3Brush a 12 hole muffin pan with melted butter. Work with 1 sheet of filo pastry at a time, keeping the rest covered over with a damp tea-towel until needed
4. 4Brush the sheet with melted butter and cut into 8 equal squares. Lay 4 sheets, one at a time, into each hole of the muffin pan. Repeat with the remaining pastry
5. 5Fill the pastry shells with the potato filling and top each with grated cheese. Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes, until browned