[Archived] Butter Pies

[LeChuck]

Ah I forgot, I did that too. I boiled the potatoes in stock and bay leaves then poured some of that in.

[colin]

Once you've made the pastry for the pie case (2 x flour + 1 x of the oil/fat of your choice) then water to bind it into a smooth ball.

Stick it into the fridge for a few hours, preferably overnight . Then roll it out for the pie lining. It may sound like a celeb luvvie move, but it reallly does work.

Happy pie eating everyone. Hope we are not turning into Wigan fans.

[Hughesy]

Bizarre! Do you lot not have women to do the cooking for you??

[Paul]

Clearly you don't undertsand the pleasure of creating good food for other people to enjoy.

[roverthemoon]

Cissy Greens in Haslingden do wonderful butter pies and their meat pies are out of this world.

[Nate]

Man, sounds interesting. I'm going to have to try this.

[dopper69]

So what are these 'butter pies' then?

Can't beat a good oatcake!

[colin]

Bizarre! Do you lot not have women to do the cooking for you??

What makes you think we are not all women then Ms Hughesy?

[Sandiway Blue]

Bizarre! Do you lot not have women to do the cooking for you??

If you had tasted my wife`s cooking you would cook your own food as well!

Apparently before i met her she actually cooked a beefburger 6 mins either side in a microwave because it wasn`t browning (shudders!).

And yes she is blonde.....

[Iceman]

Cottage pie is great. Why its called a pie, when there is no pastry is a mystery lol

[Sandiway Blue]

Cottage pie is great. Why its called a pie, when there is no pastry is a mystery lol

Same as shepherds pie,there are no shepherds in that either!

[Iceman]

Cottage pie is just mince at the bottom, and mashed potatoes on top. No pastry, so shouldnt be called a pie lol

[Billy Castell]

They're obssessed with pies in New Zealand. Pie shops are like KFC over here-everywhere. And unlike our supermarkets their ethos is 'how much can we cram into the pie?' and not 'How little meat can we get away with putting in?' I once had a 'breakfast pie' in Taupo which had bacon, peas and eggs in it. It was superb.

[b12_simon]

Thanks.

I must admit i wondered about the flavouring so i part boiled the potatoes in vegetable stock first,drained them off and put them in the dish with sliced onions.I then put a couple of ladles of the stock over the spuds and onions and then placed the butter on TOP of them,so the butter would cover all the veg as it melted.Added salt and pepper to season then Whacked the pastry on and baked for 25 mins at about 180 degrees celsius.If you press the pastry down you get some of the juice on the edges of the pastry.Mmmmm!! Delicious!

By the way the pie was pretty damned good,Wife and kids wolfed the lot down!

Im assuming with you being veggie you use veg oil for your pastry?Sorry but unfortunately it doesn`t really make good pastry.(majority of pastry is made with lard. )

I had a go at this recipe the other week and they were delicious! I'll make another batch when it cools down a bit

Cheers for sharing...

[3rdpillar]

spar, Whalley