This is my Mum's homemade chicken and mushroom pie. For this she made a shortcrust pastry (from scratch!) Left it in the fridge to chill for awhile. Meanwhile we cooked the chicken and mushrooms in a pan with all the herbs and lovely bits. At the same time I (sous chef) made a white sauce to mix in with the chicken and mushrooms. Once the chicken had browned and the sauce had thickened we mixed the whole lot together and left it to chill. We then rolled out our pastry to fit our pie dish. We then placed the cooled mixture in to said dish topping it neatly with the pastry crust, and a few decorations. Lastly giving it an egg wash, and placing it in to a pre-heated oven until golden and delicious. We served ours with the best mashed potato, made with a ricer, and some broccoli & leeks! Yummy. :)
This is my homemade steak and vegetable pie served with honey roasted parsnips. This was nice and easy to make. It basically starts out like how you'd make a stew. Brown off the meat first, remove it from the pan, chuck in your vegetables (I used swede, carrot and potato), cook them off for a bit, add the meat back to the pan, cover it with some beef stock, and bring it the boil. I also added a teaspoon of honey for sweetness. Then leave it either on the hob with a lid on to simmer for about 1 hour and 30 minutes, so that the meat is tender, or alternatively pop it in a pre-heated over for the same amount of time. After about an hour, remove the lid, that way you can reduce the stock down. Then leave your mixture to cool. I used ready made puff pastry, so you have to remember to take this out of the fridge 20 minutes before you need it! - I then placed the cooled meat and veg mixture in to an over proof pie dish, give the edges an egg wash before you carefully place your pastry on top, then crimp the outside and edges how you like, give it all an egg wash and cut away the excess pastry. You can also use some pastry for decorations, which is what I tried to do. Then cook this in the oven for about 30-40 minutes until golden brown! :)
This is a photo of the fish pie created by my Mum and I. Was so yummy! Very simple ingredients, haddock (poached), white sauce, pastry, DONE. With the topping of a little fish, bubbles and seaweed made out of pastry of course. :) (I hope you noticed!) We enjoyed this with celeriac & potato mash, broccoli and green beans. (P.S if you don't like celery, you may not like celeriac!)
