Peel the potatoes and dice them into small bits. Add them to a large casserole, add a dash of salt and lots of water until the potatoes are submerged.

Place it over high heat until boiling. Cook until tender and then drain them. In the meantime peel the onion and garlic. Add them to another casserole together with 2 tablespoons of butter and the bay leaves.

Place it over medium heat and gently fry the onion for 5 minutes. Then add the tomato paste and the white wine. Season with a pinch of pepper, salt and nutmeg.

Stir well and then add the minced beef.

Break the mince up a bit and stir well again. Put a lid on the pan and let the beef cook for about 15 to 20 minutes. Stir regularly and ad extra wine or water if necessary. Make sure the beef doesn’t burn. It should be nicely moist in the end, the wine should have disappeared more or less.

Check the seasoning and add extra pepper, salt or nutmeg to taste if necessary. Stir in the freshly chopped parsley.

Take the beef off the heat and let it cool a little. In the meantime add the drained potatoes back to the casserole you cooked them in. Add the rest of the unsalted butter.

Mash the potatoes up. Season with a good dash of pepper, salt and nutmeg. Pour in the whole milk.

Mash them again until creamy. Then spread a little layer of the potato mash in a baking dish (this will absorb any juice coming from the cooked beef).

Top with the cooked beef mince.