MBE v tigs78 chicken and leek pie challenge

tigs78

pandas66 wrote:

got to be done :T afew lemon curd if no jam:p

Ooh Yes, lemon curd. Freakily I bought a jar the last time I went shopping, hadn't had it for years before then!

mrbadexample wrote:

And you're doing extras? I was just gonna have pie!

Roasties are really easy especially as the oven will already be on, as I said Aunt Bessie has been kind enough to do me some Yorkshires and the sweetcorn is in a tin so it's not really any extra work.

My motto is that it's not worth cooking unless you roll around in pain 5 minutes after you've eaten it due to sheer quantity so will need to bulk out the pie a bit!

mrbadexample

tigs78 wrote:

Roasties are really easy especially as the oven will already be on, as I said Aunt Bessie has been kind enough to do me some Yorkshires and the sweetcorn is in a tin so it's not really any extra work.

My motto is that it's not worth cooking unless you roll around in pain 5 minutes after you've eaten it due to sheer quantity so will need to bulk out the pie a bit!

Well, I'm not doing extras, I've got enough to cope with making the pie. I don't reckon I'll be able to eat half of mine, even on its own.

Rikki

mrbadexample wrote:

That's a great idea you didn't tell me about soon enough. :rolleyes:

Grate cheese into it and make cheese straws.

Rikki

aurora_borealis wrote:

make a nice sculpture for the top of the pie instead


.... this should be good

Doesn't the pastry shapes on top of a pie denote its contents.:D

jobbingmusician

mrbadexample wrote:

That's a great idea you didn't tell me about soon enough. :rolleyes:

Lots of blackberries on the bushes still, if you have sugar you will score extra for HM jam!

Cheese straws are also a great idea. I wonder what toffee cheese straws would be like.......:rolleyes:

aurora_borealis_2

Rikki wrote:

Doesn't the pastry shapes on top of a pie denote its contents.:D

grate cheese into the leftover pastry ..... then make chicken and leek shapes to put on top

Rikki

aurora_borealis wrote:

grate cheese into the leftover pastry ..... then make chicken and leek shapes to put on top

see post #134. :rotfl:

Its spooky how we think alike.:rotfl:

aurora_borealis_2

Rikki wrote:

see post #134. :rotfl:

Its spooky how we think alike.:rotfl:

... I read that one and decided it was a thoroughly good idea :T :T :T
So I incorporated it

... I wonder if the chicken will be identifiable :think:

jobbingmusician

mrbadexample wrote:

Well, I'm not doing extras, I've got enough to cope with making the pie. I don't reckon I'll be able to eat half of mine, even on its own.

I agree - yours will be a bit of a megapie, in the ceramic thing! :T

pandas66

If you do have too much pie, you could freeze half for next week (if its any good)

If you don't have cheese/jam/lemon curd handy and a chicken shape is a little out of your pastery chef range then do your name.

But if your doing a pie really you should utilise your oven to the (mse) fullest. An easy pud or an extra meal to popin the freezer please!