"plate Pies"

ben500

SandC wrote: »

What fab ideas everyone!

Can I ask do you still have to bake blind?

No not necessary.

sb44

silvercharming wrote: »

I also make pies in cleaned out tuna fish tins. They're a nice size for lunches!

Blimey, that's a novel idea.

Do they come out easily?

Larumbelle

sb44 wrote: »

Blimey, that's a novel idea.

Do they come out easily?

They come out okay, I have had one or two disasters but I think that was my fault as both times the pastry was tough as well.

arkonite_babe

I'm attempting my first ever plate pie

Mash with carrots and onions is the filling, all baked in an enamel pie tin that I got from a M&S dessert ages ago. Goodness knows how it will turn out Have also made mini pasties for lunch boxes with the leftover pastry.

ben500

Good luck.

arkonite_babe

Well, it's all out of the oven now. I posted pics on my blog. Pasties tasted good, will add a little more seasoning next time, but apart from that, yummy!!

Tea sorted for tomorrow night too

poet123

OT but does anyone have a good recipefor leek and potato soup? ordered some leeks from Asda for delivery,and they delivered 3 times what O thought I had oRdered,:D so I need to use them up.

steerpike

Hope I'm not trying to teach my granny how to suck eggs ...but if you can't get any enamelware, don't forget to save those nice aluminium pie plates that shop bought pies come in. Wash with care and you can recycle them to re-use for your own homemade pies.

I have noticed that a few people have commented that their pastry is a bit tough - please remember to keep it as cold as possible when mixing and rolling - add iced water at the breadcrumbs stage, stir and mix to a dough with a knife blade (not fingertips). Use knife to cut chunks for rolling out - just cut as much as you need rather than trying to roll the whole piece. Don't worry if you see little pieces of fat when you roll it out - this is normal and you shouldn't try to knead these out - the pastry will even itself out as it cooks.:o I think the secret is to keep it cold and not overmix it

arkonite_babe

poet123 wrote: »

OT but does anyone have a good recipefor leek and potato soup? ordered some leeks from Asda for delivery,and they delivered 3 times what O thought I had oRdered,:D so I need to use them up.

There's a recipe on the recipe thread for my potato soup, just add chopped washed leeks to it

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=450719&postcount=21

there you go

ben500

Checked your blog a/b they look good, how many left?