Why did pie go out of fashion? Food snobbery? Health? Fashion? Well, it's back. Radio 2, Celebrity Chefs, Supermarkets - all reporting a return to the humble pie. And we say why not.
So, buy your pie or make your pie? Buy it if you're happy where the ingredients come from (or if you care), but we would encourage you to have a go. The meat on the left is shin beef - and enough to feed 4 hungry adults. It cost us £2.34 from our butcher who knows where every single animal originates from (& they're all ethically sourced). So this is good cow.
And the pie? We browned the beef in a little oil in a cast iron casserole, added a chopped onion, 2 medium chopped carrots and once all browned (about 5 minutes) I added water to cover, salt, pepper and herbs (well, a bay leaf and a sprinkle of dried thyme). Then simmered it all for about 1.5 hours, let it cool and chucked it on a plate lined with pastry. Topped it with some more pastry, played with a pie funnel (you don't need one - it's just us), brushed it with milk and baked until golden. All in all, about 80p per person.
It was champion....
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