You can, if you do so wish, make your own pastry. I usually keep some frozen pastry for a quick quiche fix.
As usual, nothing is weighed, just judge by eye :)
As usual, nothing is weighed, just judge by eye :)
What you need:
- Pastry (frozen or otherwise)
- Blob of butter (or cooking marg)
- Spoon, or so, of flour
- Mustard Powder
- Bits of cheese.
- Milk
- 1 Egg (optional)
- Fillings (meat, veg, fish, Quorn - thawed and cooked)
What you do:
- Thaw the pastry and line your dishes with it (I am making two separate pies here, but you can make one large one)
- Pop the butter in a pan and heat over a low heat with the mustard powder.
- When melted, add a spoon full of flour and mix until the blob becomes all doughy (for a step-by step tutorial to easy cheese sauce click HERE)
- Add a little more flour if you think it is needed.
- Add milk, splosh by splosh, stirring in well inbetween, until the mixture resembles a thick sauce.
- Break in bits of cheese - any cheese can go into this, cream cheese, soft cheese, blue cheese, good old cheddar. Old hard bits of cheese too.
- Stir until melted and remove the pan from the heat.
- Drop in the egg and mix well. (You can leave the egg out, it just helps it thicken)
- Mix your cooked chosen pie filling into the sauce (meat, veg, fish etc...)
- Fill your pie and put on the pastry top.
- Brush with milk and sprinkle with a little cheese for a cheesy pastry crust.
- Scoff.
This recipe is also part of my "things to do with a bag of mixed veg" posts, you can find more by clicking the links below.
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Yum!
ReplyDeleteMust get some frozen mixed veg :-)
Yum!
ReplyDeleteMust get some frozen mixed veg :-)