Cooking tonight (Mk4)

[Nicos]

I’ve just made a large Irish stew which will be plenty for tonight and tomorrow.
Being St Patrick’s Day tomorrow, I’m half hoping OH will have time to make some Irish Soda bread to go with it.

Oranges for pud.

[Bren In Pots]

Jacket potatoes, chilli, salad with pitta breads and pickles.

[greenishfing]

Sorry it's so late, but the meat and potato pie.

and it really was worth waiting for.

[Nicos]

Oh yum gf!…that looks absolutely fantastic!…. Mmm…and mmmm again!…

[Mr Bones]

That looks lovely GF
Pigeon breast for us tonight with the last of the leeks, the last of the spuds, peas and gravy.

[Snoop Puss]

Good-looking pie, GF. Mr Snoop now wants more pie for supper...

[Nicos]

Left over Irish stew

[greenishfing]

I think I fancy something a bit spicy so we'll have chicken and vegetable curry with naan tonight.

[Snoop Puss]

greenishfing, how deep is your pie plate? And is your pie above single or double crust?

Mr Snoop seems to have suddenly got very fussy about food where pies are concerned. Apparently pies must henceforth have double crusts in this household. So I'm not sure what to do about a pie plate. I've found enamelled plates 2.5 and 4 cm deep. What do you all reckon for a double crust pie?

[Nicos]

I’m not good with double crusts Snoop - mine always seem to get soggy botties…which then makes them less digestable
I’ve tried part baking them first - and done an egg wash on them first but nothing seems to have been successful for me, so I gave up and only do a top crust these days.

[Snoop Puss]

The rabbit pies I made the other day were double crust puff pastry in those perforated tins you can get (in my case, Crusty Bake by Kitchencraft). Also, I baked them on the floor of the woodburning range, so no chance of them going soggy. Quite the opposite in fact...

I'd choose to have a top crust only, just to save calories, but Mr Snoop has determined that as he is a northerner and I am a mere southerner, he knows about pies and I do not. I put my foot down on having chips with them. But that's as far as I'm going to get.

[Nicos]

Pie and chips….mmmmmm..* drools!

[greenishfing]

greenishfing, how deep is your pie plate? And is your pie above single or double crust?

Mr Snoop seems to have suddenly got very fussy about food where pies are concerned. Apparently pies must henceforth have double crusts in this household. So I'm not sure what to do about a pie plate. I've found enamelled plates 2.5 and 4 cm deep. What do you all reckon for a double crust pie?

That pie dish is about 2.5 cm (one inch) deep. I just piled up the filling and made a single crust. I don't like soggy shortcrust pastry and this was short and crumbly when cooked. I didn't trim any of the extra off, just sort of folded it back in, brushed with milk and cooked.....and I'm definitely a northerner.

[Mr Bones]

I think I fancy something a bit spicy so we'll have chicken and vegetable curry with naan tonight.

Same here GF - chicken and spinach curry with a tomato based sauce and sourdough naans.

[Snoop Puss]

That pie dish is about 2.5 cm (one inch) deep. I just piled up the filling and made a single crust. I don't like soggy shortcrust pastry and this was short and crumbly when cooked. I didn't trim any of the extra off, just sort of folded it back in, brushed with milk and cooked.....and I'm definitely a northerner.

Thanks. It'll be pies at dawn between you and Mr Snoop if I pass on the info.

I must admit plum pie sounds good this weekend. I've got plums been in the freezer since the year dot.

Nicos, it's a thing that doesn't appeal to me at all, pie and chips. Pie and mash, mind...

Squisotto for us for tea tonight.