just have to share. i made beef pies for 32p!

mags50_2

Hi Pixie... and any one else that wants to know:D

Yes.. you can make the pies and freeze them later... cos I do it all the time!
I try to spend an afternoon and make a big batch of them to freeze, cooked.
Then I can just get out enough for the evening meal.

I usually put them on a baking tray, cover it with tin foil and re-heat them from frozen.
Make sure they're piping hot though!

They are lush!!

otterspasm

I'm such a sucker! I have got caught up in the excitement of this thread and have asked for a pie maker on Freecycle. Someone has just offered me one! I'm sooooooooooooo excited!!! I can't wait to try it out. How many gadgets am I going to end up with? My OH is rolling his eyes.
Brilliant though!

pixie1

mags50 wrote: »

Hi Pixie... and any one else that wants to know:D

Yes.. you can make the pies and freeze them later... cos I do it all the time!
I try to spend an afternoon and make a big batch of them to freeze, cooked.
Then I can just get out enough for the evening meal.

I usually put them on a baking tray, cover it with tin foil and re-heat them from frozen.
Make sure they're piping hot though!

They are lush!!

Thanks, i really want a pie maker but my hubs will kill me, ive only just got rid of the veggie steamer that i never used.

I may have to sneak one in and then win him over with lush pies :rotfl:

Thanks

Pix

trying-very-trying

anguk wrote: »

I confess, I posted a wanted on the derwentside group! Haven't had any replies though but it is just a little group, unless everyone's busy making pies.

Yes, but just wait. When I was offered mine, I was so excited. I'm going to try it out tomorrow. I can't wait.

Mags, I had wondered about that, but when I read the book, it says you can't reheat the pies. I suppose, if you're using cooked meat for the filling, then no you shouldn't really freeze them. It's maybe different if you're baking your pies from scratch with fresh raw meat.

mags50_2

I always cook them from scratch... and then freeze them.

I haven't poisoned anyone yet!

(I suppose there's always a first time...only joking!!)

It's really like cooking anything from scratch and then freezing it and reheating.

They are a bit faffy to make until you get in the swing of it... I usually make the filling, cut out all the bottoms and tops, and then keep bunging them in and do other things whilst they're cooking... like the ironing or something else equally as boring!

(is it just me that finds ironing totally mind-numbing?)

larmy16

I have seen these pie makers at boot fairs and have always resisted as my waistline is too thick to start eating pies as well! I used to love chicken and mushroom pies (Birds Eye). Another nice filling is that chicken in white sauce you get in a tin and add some sweetcorn and mushrooms. Drools.

Sola

If you're looking for suggestions for fillings, you could try recreating some of Eat's ones. They don't give quantities but they do do unusual combinations (and they do give a list of ingredients in each weekly menu at the bottom):

http://www.eat.co.uk/pages/Pies.shtml

trying-very-trying

mags50 wrote: »

I always cook them from scratch... and then freeze them.

I just didn't think that eight minutes in the pie maker would be long enough to cook meat from raw, or do you give the pies longer. The recipe book that came with the machine tells you to use cooked meat, except where they give recipes for quiche.

lil_me

Shame that it has to be cooked meats used in it, unless it's still hot when you put it in, I wouldn't freeze and reheat them as that will mean you are reheating cooked food more than once, which is a no no on food safety. I think if it's cooked meats in them only due to quick cooking times it'd be best not to reheat them at all and eat them as soon as they are done.

mags50_2

Hi Lil me

Sorry, maybe I didn't make myself very clear before... I make the filling just before I make the pies, so it's still piping hot when I use it.

I thought that it would be the same as doing the bolognese sauce for a lasagne for the freezer and then re-heating it.

Flippen heck... don't say that I could have been poisoning my family by re-heating them again... eeeek! :eek::eek:

(That'll teach me to not lose instruction booklets!)