Name: Beef Day After
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 600 g cooked beef day-old diced; 2 tbs butter; 3 onion chopped; 1 tbs plain flour; 187.50 ml beef stock (liquid); 2 cup mashed potato; 4 tbs butter melted; 2 tbs fresh breadcrumbs

by Blade Last updated on 04/14/2025

A classy and delicious dish made with leftover beef, moist and tender, it turns out this is worth creating leftovers for!

- Blade

Ingredients

600 g cooked beef day-old diced
2 tbs butter
3 onion chopped
1 tbs plain flour
3/4 cups beef stock (liquid)
2 cup mashed potato
4 tbs butter melted
2 tbs fresh breadcrumbs

Method

Step 1

Cook onions in 2 tablespoons of butter in frying pan until coloured nicely. Sprinkle flour over and moisten with splashes of stock. Cook for about 15 minutes.
Step 2

Cool before mixing the beef in.
Step 3

Grease a gratin dish and pour mixture in bottom and cover with potato and then cover potato with breadcrumbs.
Step 4

Add tiny pieces of butter all over, or pour over melted butter to moisten.
Step 5

Place in hot oven for 15 minutes or until browned to your liking.

Recipe Notes

from Australia’s Best Recipes team

If I think the beef is a little dry, I add 3/4 cup of tomato soup concentrate or tomato passata in the base of the baking dish. Add herbs if you choose, but go lightly. Use leftover boiled or braised beef.