What can I use as a pie dish?

Curry_Queen

I use the Campbell's soups for recipes too sometimes and they are really nice! If you go to their website you can subscribe to receiving recipes by email which have some great ideas on them. Think they send one a month or something. I'll go check and try find the link for you


Edit: just checked my inbox and they send them weekly, so even better! The site link is here

greenlogo

many times I've rolled out the pastry with a bottle of wine (white from the fridge seems to work well with pastry!)

nicki_2

Might try the soup version one day, usually I just mix up some extra thick gravy and bung that in my pies :rotfl:

dom300186

i broke my fav lasagne dish which happens to be my ony one and im making a pie tonight!!!!

can i make my pie still by using a roasting pan?? il grease it before but i have no baking sheets left?? grrrr so angry with myself!!!

mummysaver

Roasting pan will be fine! Have a look at boot sales and charity shops for a lasagne dish replacement.

julietiff

I use a roasting tin to make pies, lasangne, brownie and
parkin in. I line with baking parchment.

VfM4meplse

I think it depends on whether the pastry lines the dish, or is just required for the top. I would be reluctant to use vitreous enamel for pies as I don't think the bottom will be cooked properly and you may end up with a soggy mess. I used to try to cook tray-bake cakes in my VE roasting tin as a way of cooking a biq qty fast, and after trial and quite a lot of error (the results were never perfect) realised that you can't beat a good quality cake tin instead.

Pink.

I've used a tin before for making pies and I think if you are making a pastry base to the pie the pastry cooks better than in a glass or crockery dish.

The other alternative is a plate pie. Line the plate with pastry, add your filling, (heaping it up in the middle) and top with pastry. Use a fork to press down firmly the whole way around the plate to create a seal.

This thread has more ideas:

What can I use as a pie dish?


I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

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Buddingblonde

Can you use your pie filling to make pasty style pies?

Ida_Notion

When I lived in a bedsit years ago and didn't have a pie dish (or much other kitchen gear, come to that), I used to unscrew the handle from my frying pan to make a pie in and then screw it back on again when I was done. I'd use a saucepan for a mixing bowl and a milk bottle for a rolling pin. Naturally, the handle had to be unscrewed with a dinner knife because I didn't own a screwdriver