Pies

[Ratti]

nah...give in to temptation at every opportunity. You never know when it will come your way again

[James Deuce]

I like Maketu Pies. Thick gravy. Tender steak. Real cheese, not the processed garbage in Mrs Macs or Irvines.

[DEATH_INC.]

Best I've had is the Keri Pies chicken and peach....YUM!
http://www.keripies.co.nz/index-1.html

[Stirts]

Sandwich going in the bin

and waste a perfect opportunity to make a PIE SANDWICH


I want to know where is the option for "all"?

One day a butter chicken pie is the best in the world - nothing can beat it. But then another day you would kill for a chicken, asparagus in cheese sauce pie. And what about when nothing else will satisfy but a steak and cheese pie!! And don't even get me started on bacon and egg pie, vegetable pie, apple pie, blackberry and custard pie, lemon meringue pie, rhubarb pie, pumpkin pie.

This poll is flawed.

[Maha]

I like Maketu Pies. Thick gravy. Tender steak. Real cheese, not the processed garbage in Mrs Macs or Irvines.

Irvines are great, gives you something to spit out at least every mouthful.

[Whynot]

This poll is flawed.

maybe we should create another thread to decide what options to put in the next "best pie" thread?

[The Pastor]

pepper steak, all the way

[Maha]

Nothing wrong with a good old mince pie eaten out the little brown paper bag.

[BMWST?]

peasants
Steak and Onion!

[BMWST?]

:

This pie is floored.

fixt to pie speak

[Ocean1]

I had a very nice mince and cheese item in Te Araroa last week, from Ruatoria Pies.

I had seconds.

But the best isn't a takeaway. It's a fillet steak and oyster pie. It's one of my specialties.




No you can't have any.

[James Deuce]

But the best isn't a takeaway. It's a fillet steak and oyster pie. It's one of my specialties.

No you can't have any.

My wife wants a word.

[Ocean1]

Sigh.


OK. If you can pull this off you can name your price.

2-3 tbsp olive oil
500 g fillet steak
1 tbsp butter
5 whole shallots
200 g smoked bacon, (chunks is good)
2 onions, finely chopped
900 ml Guinness
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
250 ml red wine
One doz oysters
375 g ready-to-roll puff pastry
1 egg, lightly beaten


Heat the oil in large casserole dish and fry the whole fillet over a medium heat until lightly browned. Remove the beef and set aside to cool a bit.

Melt the butter in the pan and add the shallots. Cook for 3-4 minutes.

Add the bacon and onions and cook for 3-4 minutes more. Remove and set aside.

Cut the fillet into 1” cubes

Add the Guinness to the pan and stir in the cooked bacon and onion mixture. Cook for 3-4 minutes and then add the steak.

Stir in the garlic and red wine. Cover and cook slowly for 1 hour. Remove from the heat and stir in the oysters.

Set the oven to 200°C. Roll the pastry out to cover the top of the casserole dish and crimp the edges. Brush with beaten egg and bake for 20-25 minutes, until the pastry is risen and golden. Serve immediately.




Which reminds me, I've been meaning to work up a recipie for a dish I found in a wee place in Petone. It's a single serving Beef Wellington, with oysters. Pâté de foie under the pastry shell.

[schrodingers cat]

Southeners go on a bit about Jimmy's pies but I've always found them to be shite.

I may be influenced by a long ago experience where a pie after a night of celebration got to go down and then up again. Nevertheless - Jimmy's? No thanks

EXCEPT - Jimmy's Mutton pies Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Not as good as the old high sided Gillans Mutton pie (Lift the top and douse in Woscester sauce) but pretty good all the same

Yummo

[Drunken Monkey]

Sigh.


OK. If you can pull this off you can name your price.

...

Holy shit! I'm totally giving that a go!