Pies

is that our lord and savoury Tommy…

Dagnamit! missed the pun!

I'd love to be born here and grow up in Australia.. coz then I'd have a passport and not have to pay you cunts for my visa renewals. :P

the queen takes it out of your pocket penny at a time... bless her

Tommy is right. If it wasn't for the Pasty we would all be wearing burkas

In any conflict situation I always make the sign of the pasty.

Stopped by EAT. for lunch for their turkey & stuffing "christmas pie" with cranberry sauce on the side. Unfortunately it did not live up to expectations. Anyone had a good pie recently?

this is one of my favourite threads.

Can't remember the name of the people, but at Truman brewery there are some Argentines selling tasty empanadas.

Anyone ever tried "Mrs Lovetts Pie Shop" its just off of fleet street.

I cooked dinner for my GF's parents. Did Duck Confit pie with duck breast, Red cabbage and roast potatoes.

Pie recipe makes 4-6 individual pies

Take one whole duck, cut off breasts and joint.

Make a stock from the carcass with peppercorns, bay leaf onions, celery and carrot.

Confit the legs, thighs, oysters, wings and all other meat from the carcass in it's own fat. should be done the day before but you can do it in about 5 hours. As soon as the meat has softened and there is no steam coming off, take all the meat off and leave in the confit, and turn the heat right down.

Pie filling:

Caramelise a finely chopped onion, and put to one side. take the puff pastry out of the fridge.

boil a small potato, and mash with the stock to create a fine soup, add the onion, some red wine, salt, pepper. herbes de provence, and a few dried cranberries

In another pan fry some Pancetta, and add the confit duck meat. when the pancetta starts to crisp, drain off all fat and add to the main pan.

let this simmer for 5-10 to really let the flavours infuse.

roll out your puff pastry to about the thickness of a pancake, then using one of the pie dishes create circles about the same size as the top of the dishes. let these rest for 5 min, then roll them again so they end up about a centimetre bigger around than the dish.

fill the dishes with mixture and leave a cm from the top of the filling to the edge of the dish. cover the dishes with the disc of pastry, using a fork to crimp the edges around the outside. pierce the pastry with 2 slits, to let steam escape. brush the top liberally with egg and milk, the crimp the edges again making sure the pastry sticks to the sides of the dish

Bake in a preheated oven at 220C for 18-22 minutes depending on how crisp you want the pastry and how good your oven is. Enjoy.

^ Lust! When you invitin me round?

Damn you mobidog, feeling hungry now...

yeah I likes pies

Went to EAT. for lunch for the first time in a while - they now do mash & gravy with their pies! £5.35 all in. Not the best value for money, but worth a monthly visit.

Eat makes me want to hold my own head under water.

Eat makes me want to hold my own head under water.

whats better EAT or pret?

Pret makes me want to hold my own head under water while blow-drying my hair.

+1 They're both expensive shite.

Harry's Cafe de Wheels is unadulterated win.
Mind you, it's a bloody long way to go for a pie.

Pret makes me want to hold my own head under water while blow-drying my hair.

This

Overpriced shite

the pret swedish meatball ragu wrap is outfuckingstanding as is their cheese and tomato crossiant - too many french people working there though

TBF, Pret do some OK soups. The spicy ragu/meatball one is lish

the pret swedish meatball ragu wrap is outfuckingstanding as is their cheese and tomato crossiant - too many french people working there though

Racist

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Balki again.

The food wastage from Eat/Pret is a fucking abomination.

EDIT: Actually, I've just found an article which indicates that EAT have implemented a program to distribute unsold items to the needy. Cant be fucked reading it... I'd rather unjustifiably slate them