Emergency pie question!

[ChevronB19]

Had planned to make chicken, leek and ham pie for lunch, but no double cream in shops!

Can I use creme fraiche instead?

[abzmike]

ChevronB19 said:

Had planned to make chicken, leek and ham pie for lunch, but no double cream in shops!

Can I use creme fraiche instead?

Yes… eg: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/chickenandleekp...

[ChevronB19]

abzmike said:

Yes… eg: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/chickenandleekp...

Phew, thanks!

[21TonyK]

Let it down slightly with stock or milk or it can be a bit too heavy but it will work fine.

[spikeyhead]

I've used it loads of times, does help having a little extra liquid with it in the rest of the filling.

[ChevronB19]

Success! My first ever pie! Really quite proud of myself, not being a natural cook - was lovely.

[dontlookdown]

Nice job. Who doesn't love a pie? A whole world of delicious pastry-wrapped delights awaits you now.

[steve2]

That looks nice, I mad3 one last week

[21TonyK]

I'm going to start making my own pork pies again, can't find anything in shops I like

[sherman]

21TonyK said:

I'm going to start making my own pork pies again, can't find anything in shops I like

I like pork pies. I just dont like the pastry the Melton Mowbary ones use. I dont know if its something specific to their pastry because other pork pies with hot water crust pastry is fine.

[Sheepshanks]

dontlookdown said:

Nice job. Who doesn't love a pie? A whole world of delicious pastry-wrapped delights awaits you now.

Was in our local gastro-pub recently and another customer asked what the pie of the day was. "Cottage pie" was the answer!

[sherman]

Sheepshanks said:

dontlookdown said:

Nice job. Who doesn't love a pie? A whole world of delicious pastry-wrapped delights awaits you now.

Was in our local gastro-pub recently and another customer asked what the pie of the day was. "Cottage pie" was the answer!

Dictionary

Definitions from Oxford Languages
pie
/pʌɪ/
noun

a baked dish of fruit, or meat and vegetables, typically with a top and base of pastry.

"a meat pie"


A pie does not have only a mashed potato top. A mashed potato top would be aceptable on a pastry base though.

[Vasco]

sherman said:

21TonyK said:

I'm going to start making my own pork pies again, can't find anything in shops I like

I like pork pies. I just dont like the pastry the Melton Mowbary ones use. I dont know if its something specific to their pastry because other pork pies with hot water crust pastry is fine.

How can you not like a *genuine* Melton Mowbray pork pie. Excellent.

[sherman]

Vasco said:

How can you not like a *genuine* Melton Mowbray pork pie. Excellent.

Tried many times. I just dont like them but a pork pie from almost anywhere else and I know I will like it.
Extra jelly please

[JonChalk]

ChevronB19 said:

Success! My first ever pie! Really quite proud of myself, not being a natural cook - was lovely.

Looks lovely that, well done for first go.

[dontlookdown]

Sheepshanks said:

Was in our local gastro-pub recently and another customer asked what the pie of the day was. "Cottage pie" was the answer!

Ha! Nice try, but that's not a pie. Nor are those stews with lids that most pubs pass off as pies. Gotta have a bottom;)

[21TonyK]

sherman said:

Vasco said:

How can you not like a *genuine* Melton Mowbray pork pie. Excellent.

Tried many times. I just dont like them but a pork pie from almost anywhere else and I know I will like it.
Extra jelly please

Problem is getting a "genuine" pie, supermarket crap is not the same.

More mace with a thin and crispy hot water crust with extra jelly, maybe a bit fancy with a bit of mustard powder as well

Serve room temp with pickled veg

[Vasco]

Only the few genuine Melton Mowbray pork pie producers can claim 'Melton Mowbray'.
Any other pork pies are quite inferior.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

JonChalk said:

ChevronB19 said:

Success! My first ever pie! Really quite proud of myself, not being a natural cook - was lovely.

Looks lovely that, well done for first go.

Agreed. I'd be chuffed if i made that, especially for a first attempt.

[Bacon Is Proof]

Lovely looking pie, well done.