Minced Beef And Pork - Actually A Good Combination!

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Minced beef and pork sounds disgusting, initially but John bought me a big tray of it from the supermarket so I thought I'd give it a go and see what I could rustle up with it. Now, normally I would use lean beef mince for a Shepherd's Pie which - ironically, should have lamb in it but I never use lamb, always beef, just to confuse everybody! Well, the beef and pork mince worked brilliantly because the pork gave the mixture a little bit of fat in it, which improved the taste. Beef on its own can be too lean, therefore very dry so my guess is this is the reason why the butchers at Morrison's have started using this clever combination. It's very cheap too. With the rest of the beef and pork mince I made a pie with a pastry topping on it. Again, I have tended to use only lean beef mince for this. The pie was brilliant as the meat never got too dry. It's great for freezing too, as most pies are of course. Tomato puree is put in the meat for a bit of a "kick" but I left Worcestershire Sauce out as I didn't want to push it, flavour-wise. Have you ever bought something you thought may be a bit naff but has actually proved (as in this case) a rip-roaring success? I do hope so! We've got some more of this mince so I'm looking forward to using it again.