Anyone got a pie maker?

Tiddlywinks

jackieblack wrote: »

I love my waffle maker so quick and easy (and so delicious! - if only they were less fattening )
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooks-Professional-Premium-Electric-Rotating/dp/B00L451AEA/ref=sr_1_1?s=kitchen-appliances&ie=UTF8&qid=1462454858&sr=1-1&keywords=waffle+maker

I can't, I mustn't, I won't ......:o

If I got one of those I'd end up the size of a bus :eek:.

I have very little will power.

Rain_Shadow

Lol, I had no idea a pie maker was even a thing until I saw this thread.

Shazzadouglas

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

Ooh, do you put potato in it?



The pie maker has saved so much time and money - it's even quicker than getting a takeaway on those really lazy evenings where you've been out all day and have no energy left for anything too labour intensive but fancy some comfort food.

Had barbecue beans and leftover potato and veggie sausages at the weekend with mashed carrot on the side... sound odd I know, but it was lovely .

Go on... you know you want to .

Yes I use leftover mashed potato, some grated strong cheese and some saut!ed onions....delicious xx

VfM4meplse

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

Ooh, do you put potato in it?



The pie maker has saved so much time and money - it's even quicker than getting a takeaway on those really lazy evenings where you've been out all day and have no energy left for anything too labour intensive but fancy some comfort food.

Had barbecue beans and leftover potato and veggie sausages at the weekend with mashed carrot on the side... sound odd I know, but it was lovely .

Go on... you know you want to .

Surely you need to have cold pastry to hand? So requires a bit of planning?

springdreams

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Yes you do! But you have got me interested, even though pie is not something I would usually eat. But since I'm not eating sugar, part of me is thinking what the hell?

Where do you live?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Tiddlywinks

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Surely you need to have cold pastry to hand? So requires a bit of planning?

Small amount of pastry only takes 5 minutes to rub and mix then into the fridge for 20-30 mins.

Go get jammies on, stack dishwasher, boil kettle, side veggies prepped for microwave.

Pastry out of fridge, rolled in a minute and away we go - ten minutes cooking in the pie maker and yummmmm .

Browntoa

I have one

Tiddlywinks

Browntoa wrote: »

I have one

To be fair, I still use a rolling pin (did you think I hit the pastry with a frying pan to flatten it? ) as well as the normal method to make the mix.

The pie maker just makes the cooking process quicker and easier for me if I don't have enough to do in the oven. It save heating up all that wasted space for just a couple of pies.

PasturesNew

I'd use ready-rolled pastry ... there'd be no way I was getting the scales out, finding a bowl, weighing/measuring, then clearing and disinfecting the worktop ready for rolling, then making a mess .... then rolling it out, then clearing up all that muck and hand-washing the bowl and rolling pin. Then putting everything back on the worktop that'd been cleared out of the way for the rolling.

If somebody had, say, a food processor, a dishwasher and a good amount of worktop space, I can see it might not be something they'd see as tiresome.

That's why they invented ready-rolled pastry

greenspark

Oh dear...I shouldn't have read this thread. Have gone from 'what's the point of an entire gadget that only makes pies?' to 'how have I lived this long without a pie maker?'. I'm not normally susceptible to gadgets but I do love pies.


Now inventing all kinds of pastry-based fantasies - wholemeal with nuts and seeds incorporated into the pastry is the current fave.


Has anyone used filo pastry in them? I'd be interested to hear how well it worked.