Making weird stuff: pies

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Friday, 2 July 2021

Great pies of 2021

Pies, mmm...
It struck me, I've not posted anything this year, about delicious crustaciously-encased gravy-based fare I've made (and scoffed obvs).

To make up for this sorry remiss, here is a quick #foodporn post.

I can't actually remember what all the fillings or indeed the pastry types were now. Hey-ho.

This is a beef and pork pie

I believe this is another pie from the same batch

Beef and pork pie - just served

Steaming hot beef and pork pie

This one is a beef and mushroom pie.

I was experimenting with a yeast-raised puff pastry - it was a bit strange.

Something like a croissant texture, but fluffier.
The chips are actually par-boiled and oven roasted. They were epic

Close up money shot of the pie above

Chip-porn

Pretty sure this was a steak and kidney pie with suet rough puff pastry

Trying out the pie funnel shaped like a bird

Another steak and kidney I think

Butter puff pastry on a pie of unknown filling

Another from same batch

Saturday, 29 February 2020

Beefebruary

February is not especially known as the sunshine month, but cold and/or wet weeks do engender rich savoury winter fayre.

Thus, Beefebruary was born.

Here are some delicious riffs on this theme.

Week 1

First up was this awesome steak and kidney pie - stout-based gravy - bitter and really fabulous.

Pastry is lard and butter puff. With mash and gravy..

Week 2

This one is a steak and mushroom pie. The mash with this one was perfect.

The juicy innards...

Week 3

Back to steak and kidney. Ribeye and lamb kidney.

Really, this was spectacular.

Foodporn shots...

Gravy aside, the layered puff was melty

Week 4

Surprisingly, the weather was warm eough for the first BBQ of the year...

Very hot searing is enough... Ribeye, again.

...with a garnish of sausages and double-fried Maris Piper chips

Weirdly, the next day was also lovely. Slight variation - Also ribeye, but with split sausage and deep fried hash browns and spinach.

Cross-section of tasty - almost burnt, seared surface with juicy innards...

Week 5

Everyone knows there are only four weeks in February, BUT thank you leap-year- sneaked an extra one in!

This one is another (ribeye) steak and kidney. This time, its pig kidney. A bit more bite than lamb.

With baked spuds and salad...

The gravy was perfect for wetness.

Tuesday, 18 February 2020

Schlonga Pie - Scotch Egg (long) meets Gala Pie

Here's a thing. I was considering making a gala pie (pork pie with egg in the middle), but thinking I should moderate the pastry intake (what a lightweight), so decided to make a long crustless version of this pie. This is really a multi-egg Scotch egg.

And so, the Schlonga Pie was born. As portmanteaus go, that's a good one.

Here it is in a classic 1970s "serving suggestion":
Laid on a bed of watercress and mixed leaf salad and tartened with a tangy Thousand Island dressing