Can I make pies/pasties in a sandwich maker?

Winky,_The_House_Elf

The title says it all really!

I have some left over pastry and bits and pieces and wondered if I could use a sandwich maker to make some mini pies, a bit like empanadas?

Has anyone tried this? Any hints or tips?

Should I cook the filling first?

All suggestions welcome!

Winky x

HariboJunkie

I'm not sure the sandwish maker would cook the pastry properly.

When I have left over pastry I just make pasties by cutting out a circle of pastry and putting the filling on one half of the circle almost to the edge. Fold over the other half of pastry and overlap to form a seal.

And yes. You definitely need to cook the filling first.

Winky,_The_House_Elf

Thanks HariboJunkie,

I might just keep everything in the fridge until tomorrow as I don't want to heat up the oven for just a couple of pasties!

I'm really loving all the recipes in OS, and I am cooking from scratch a lot more, but always looking for ways to be creative with the left overs other than soup:D

Winky x

Skint_Catt

Anyone got a good recipe for cornish filling?

betterlife

yes you can, my mum makes them, yes the filling needs to be cooked, she also does pasty filling in bread and toasts it says its yummy. pasties i always do, potatoes, onion, carrot, swede, meat (cornbeef, steak, mince whatever you like) couple spoons of bisto powder , salt, pepper and a knob of butter.x

EssexHebridean

Cornish pasties don't have carrot in. (Thought I'd say it before we get hoards of outraged Corns on the thread!)

betterlife

i know cornish dont have carrot in, its way of getting more veg in the kids and its yummy.x

Softstuff

Those breville pie makers just look like a sandwich maker apart from the holes being pie shaped. I'd be tempted to give it a go.

sarahf191979

I picked one of those Free Recipie booklets up in Sainsburys they other day and they suggested making a fruit toastie in the Sandwich maker

Bread, Apples, squirt of Lemon juice and a little sugar.

I suppose it will be like an apple pie, sounds nice but I haven't tried it yet.

HTH