Pie Fillings

pixie1

deebee wrote: »

mine was delivered today, roll on the weekend when I will put it into action - what's your most successful pie so far guys???:j

I really like lamb with a little bit of minted gravy pies Dont over load them though as it gets messy if you do, i learnt the hard way lol.

Any kind of left over roast meat gets pie-d in my house

Have fun and let us know how you get on.

Pix

jet77

Hi,

I've just discovered frozen pastry and have made jam tarts, chocolate tarts (yum!), chicken and sweetcorn pie and baked been pasties mmmmmmmm all delicious and so easy to make

Anyway, I'm going to make some to freeze and was wondering what tried and tested pie fillings you've done?

I've thought of cheesy mash/onion, brocolli/Cauliflour (?) and cheese sauce but that's about as far as I've got

Butterfly_Brain

Corned Beef and potato.
Cheese, onion and potato.
Egg and Bacon.
Mince and onion.
steak and kidney.
Baked bean and sausage
Fruit pies - you can have them as plain fruit or add a layer of custard on top before putting the pastry lid on.

Like the idea of left over roast cookiedough:T

freakyogre

I've only ever made chicken and leek pies (once with bacon) as i'm not keen on 'meaty' pies!

I'd love to make a cherry pie. Or maybe rhubarb (and custard?) Mmm.

deebee

tried a really quick idea last night as a bit of a cheat - tinned creamed mushrooms with some mature cheddar - dee-lish, and very quick

Olliebeak

Went to a car boot sale yesterday and came home with a Breville Pie Magic (still in box with full instructions and pastry cutters) for £1.50! Absolutely delighted - there's only 2 of us here on a regular basis so will do us fine PLUS I can make some in batches for the freezer .

debtmuncher

jsut had to comment but how awful that someone made the comment about using a pie maker not being very os.

the mind boggles because its a kitchen gadget, same as slo cooker, same as bread maker, same as a blender, food processer and so on

away to bang my head off the wall at the insanity of it all.

lisawood78

OOOO, and now I want one!!!
Creamy chicken and bacon please ;-)

pixie1

Olliebeak wrote: »

Went to a car boot sale yesterday and came home with a Breville Pie Magic (still in box with full instructions and pastry cutters) for £1.50! Absolutely delighted - there's only 2 of us here on a regular basis so will do us fine PLUS I can make some in batches for the freezer .

This is what we do as there are only the 2 of us here too. I also make sure i always have some chilled pastry (not very os but its baby steps for me, ive never made my own pastry) ready for when we have left overs so i can quickly make them into pies, cool and freeze. Its a great money saver for me as prior to us having our pie maker peftovers would just get thrown away

Have fun making pies

Pix
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gill_hc

My DD1 is the fussiest eater in the world but has decided she likes pies. My pie maker is now completely invaluable. She won't eat rice/pasta/potato or cous cous so basically I just put whatever meat/veg thing we are having in a pie. Recently she has had

Bolognaise sauce
Chicken curry
Sweet & Sour veg
meatballs
sausage casserole
taco spicy mince
roast beef and stuffing
beef casserole
carbonara sauce

She has the pie served with some veg on the side.

The secret I have found is not to have it too runny or they can burst a bit - also my pie maker seems to work better with frozen pastry so I just roll out the whole sheet and cut out as many pie crusts as I can and stick them all in the freezer. Not much hassle and a lot easier than making her seperate meals all the time.