Pies? Talk to me...

[f13ldy]

Following from a post about quick pie and mash...

grumbledoak said:

Don't suppose you have pastry, leeks, and condensed chicken soup, do you? Quick pie and SP mash if you do...

I have pastry, leeks, condensed chicken soup.

Enlighten me. Although it sounds fairly straight forward, I'm just fishing for other recipes.

[shirt]

i made something similar to this the other week:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/chicken...

i used lemon thyme in the sauce which i was unsure about but it was delicious.

[grumbledoak]

Sure! Plenty of variants, but basically that condensed chicken soup saves you making a roux, so you can do it start to finish in half an hour- i.e. do-able after work.

So,
wash, chop, and fry some leeks, place in pie dish
add chopped chicken (normally 2x left over breast from a roast, here)
add one can condensed chicken soup,
add one glass dry white wine and given it all a stir

Then roll out your (ready-made, in truth) pastry and either pop it on top of the pie filling or, slightly better, cook it on it's own shelf. 25 mins in the oven at 190°C (fan) while you make your mash. Serves about 4.


Chicken and mushroom also good.

[Melman Giraffe]

Jamie Oliver has a nice one you can google.

[f13ldy]

Thanks people...

It turned out OK in my eyes, the pastry chef however made a complete enclosure as opposed to just a lid which I specified, can't grumble as she was volunteering.

Tasted bloody lovely though!

[jep]

f13ldy said:

It turned out OK in my eyes, the pastry chef however made a complete enclosure

And quite right too...

f13ldy said:

as opposed to just a lid which I specified,

...because that's not a pie. That's a casserole with a bit of pastry on top.

f13ldy said:

can't grumble as she was volunteering.

Tasted bloody lovely though!

Good.

[f13ldy]

That is true, it wouldn't have been a true pie I guess.

However, I must admit too not being a big pastry fan. Unlike the wife who is and seeing as she was sorting it was only going to have one outcome.

[Melman Giraffe]

f13ldy said:

Thanks people...

It turned out OK in my eyes, the pastry chef however made a complete enclosure as opposed to just a lid which I specified, can't grumble as she was volunteering.

Tasted bloody lovely though!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Is that sweetcorn I see

[f13ldy]

Sure is...

I love sweetcorn. No idea why, but could probably survive a week or so on it alone.

[Ciaran]

Bacon and egg pie - the pie of champions!