Making A Plate Pie.

[Tilly2]

I am going to make a pie tonight to use up the meat and veg. left over from yesterday. I want to cook it on an enamel plate and put pastry underneath and on top.

Do I need to blind bake the base before adding the meat and veg mash or will it be o.k. to make it all in one go and bung it in the oven.

This is something my mum used to do but she's not around for me to get the details.
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[Ric.ror]

What about Butter Pie?
I've never had it but it sounds lovely

[Tilly2]

Never heard of a Butter Pie, Ric.ror. Butterfly.................yes. Butter Pie, no

[mallyh]

mash i tin corned beef
equal amount of mashed potato or i packet potato mix (made up)
1 good sized onion
mash it altogether
i normally can make 2 big plate and 2 small plate pies with the ingredients bake 180 approx 35mins or until golden brown.

[shoota]

Butterfly pie?
Tilly how could you......?!!!

[Tilly2]

Actually, I use caterpillars. Then you don't have to pull the wings off.

[shoota]

Lb for lb there is more protein in insects than beefsteak.....

[Tilly2]

Thanks mallyh. I'll copy and paste that into my recipe book.

[mccfluff]

i want pie now

[Tilly2]

Pies are like that, mccfluff. They do things to your psyche.

[jno]

http://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/food-drink/recipes/lancashire_recipes_butter_pie_1_1646865

I take no responsibility for weight gain

[mccfluff]

i want your left over pie, followed by cherry pie :-)

[Tilly2]

I like the sound of that Butter Pie, minus the lard and the butter. I'd call it potato and onion pie, though.

[shoota]

I like sad cake.
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f74/currant-cake-or-east-lancs-sad-cake-47961.html

[jno]

no lard, lass? What are you, some kind of supermodel?

[Tilly2]

I got a malware warning with that link, Shoota!

[Tilly2]

jno, thank you for that link by the way. I haven't ever bought lard.

[tonyav]

For gawds sakes, get it in the oven I'm starving !.

[jno]

nor me, I make my own just sitting at the computer.

[shoota]

This is the crux:
Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington View Post
Well, i have just seen this....the Google recipe certainly isn't sad cake.......there is no recipe for sad cake.
Sad cake is just a lancashire thrift thing......a way of using up the offcuts of pastry.

the offcuts are made into a ball and rolled out to the thickness of a pound coin........a mound of dried fruit(currants or raisins....but historically it was always currant)......you can add a teaspoon of sugar if you wish, but my grandma was too thrifty to use sugar in this way......brush the edges of the circle of pastry with water, and fold them over to envelope the fruit.......roll gently with a rolling pin, and then turn the flattened mix over and roll out evenly....this will distribute the fruit.......don't roll the cake out too thinly or the fruit will break through the pastry........brush the sad cake with milk and bake at gas mark 7(I don't know what this is in in temperatures....but it is whatever you would bake pastry at) until golden brown.......allow to cool (if you can)....then once cool spread with butter and make yourself a good cuppa and enjoy.
Hope that helps.

[Tilly2]

Ah, but I've been dancing today. No lard today.

Yont, you'll have to wait.