Green Garden Veg Pie

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 ounces butter
• 2 ounces flour
• 2 teaspoons mustard powder
• 2 cups milk
• 6 ounces cheddar cheese, grated
• 2 large potatoes, sliced into rounds
• 1 head broccoli, cut into little florets
• 1 head cauliflower, cut into little florets
• 8 ounces frozen peas
• 1 bunch fresh chives, snipped

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter in a saucepan, then stir in the flour and mustard powder and cook for 1 minute.
• 2 gradually stir in the milk until smooth with no lumps, then keep stirring until the mixture begins to bubble and thickens to a creamy sauce.
• 3 remove from the heat, then stir in all but a handful of the grated cheese.
• 4 heat the oven to 450 degrees f and bring a large pot of water to the boil.
• 5 cook the potato slices for 5 minutes, add the broccoli and cauliflower and cook for another 3 minutes, and then finally add the peas and cook for 1 more minute.
• 6 drain all the vegetables and pat dry.
• 7 reserve enough potato slices to cover the top of the finished dish, then gently stir the rest of the vegetables into the sauce with the chives.
• 8 tip into a deep oven-proof dish, arrange the reserved potato slices over the top, then sprinkle with the reserved cheese.
• 9 bake for 20 to 25 minutes until the topping is golden and crisp.
• 10 serve straight from the oven.