Show and Tell

For the past two years I've been entertaining lofty thoughts of making a pie.  Somehow I just never got around to it.  Until yesterday. 

My unused rolling pin and pie dishes were super enthusiastic.  (They were starting to develop a complex, I fear.)

I opted to begin with savory.  Since this would be my first attempt at pie making, I enlisted the helpful aid of Pepperidge Farms.  (Well, I still had to roll out the puff pastry so I'm not counting this as cheating.)  Hubby came home from work to find me wielding my rolling pin in a feverish cloud of flour.  This is certainly a sight he doesn't see every day.

The recipe I followed came from Jamie Oliver.  Doesn't he seem like a nice bloke?  (I have obtained permission to use the word bloke, incidentally, since I happen to be a fervent Anglophile.)  For some reason this recipe wasn't up on The Food Network's website, though luckily for me his is one of the plethora of cooking shows I tape on my DVR.  Usually I watch these shows solely for leisure, but this meat pie made me feel, dare I say ambitious?

The filling was as follows: chop up some red onions, garlic, celery, carrots, rosemary, mushrooms, and brisket of beef.  Saute everything in a deep pan, sprinkle in some salt, pepper and flour and then slosh in a can of Guinness.  Cook in a 350 degree oven, covered, for about two hours, mix in some handfuls of cheddar cheese (yum), ladle the mixture into your pie crust, brush the top with egg wash, cook for forty minutes and viola!!

You'll have your very own beefy weeknight treat to savor and love.  And if I can do it, then you most definitely can, Dear Reader.  I'm still feeling very Martha Stewart about the whole thing. 

Much to my voracious delight, there was still plenty left over for tonight's dinner.  I find something comforting about coming home to a warm beefy pie after an exhausting, soul sapping day of work.  Mmmm.

Perhaps next time I'll finally work up the chutzpah to tackle fruit.  A grapple pie, perhaps.  We'll see.

xoxo

Comments

[Weinerdog]

Paul would love that pie!
My idea of cooking is popping a lean cuisine in the oven!

[auntie sue]

oooh! That looks great! Guess what's for dinner at OUR house tonight - tuna a la Earl (like in tuna Sandwich). I'll have to give your recipe a try. Lots of love.

[bill]

This pie was on my agenda for the weekend, steak and guiness pie from Jamie at home, I also have it dvr'ed. Glad to hear it worked out for you, I may even try the apple and blackberry too...

[Amy]

Meal of a pregnant woman who's husband is away.... Penne A la Vodka (take-out), Ben and Jerry's Coffee Heath Bar Crunch, and a creme egg. I still haven't gained any weight....I might stay pregnant forever.
Meat Pie....too healthy!