raised pies

[eihpos]

I am trying to find old fashioned recipes for pork, game, chicken and ham raised pies. Can you help please??

[BBWCHATT]

I found these recipes on the internet for you:

http://www.waitrose.com/food_drink/recipes/rec ipesearch/recipe/0306050-r05.asp

http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/recipes_r esult.asp?name=meltonmowbray

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/rai sedporkpie_684.shtml

[eihpos]

thanks BBWCHATT very helpful. Now its time to experiment !!

[BBWCHATT]

eihpos I hope you are a MUCH better cook than I am - I wouldn't even ATTEMPT one of those!!! I hope yours are the best ever!!!

[Hapus]

Hi - try this very simple christmas one.
(Might be in more than one post)
2tbsp olive oil,
knob of butter
1 onion finely chopped
500g sausagemeat
grated zest 1 lemon
100g/4oz fresh white breadcrumbs
85g/30z ready to eat apricots, chopped
50g/20z chestnuts (tinned or vacuum packed)
2tsp chopped frsh or 1tsp dried thyme
100g/40z cranberries (fresh or frozen)
500g/1lb 2oz boneless skinless chicken breasts
500g pack ready made shortcrust pastry
beaten egg to glaze

Heat oven 190c/fan170/gas 5. Heat 1 tbsp oil and butter in frying pan and soften the onions. Cool. Tip sausagemeat, lemon zest, breadcrumbs, apricots chestnuts and thyme into a bowl. Add cranberries and onions and mix and seasoning.
Cut each chicken breast into fillets lengthways and brown in remaining heated oil .
Roll out two thids of pastry to line a 20-23cm springform /deep loose-bottomed tart tin. Press in half sausage mix and level. Add chicken in one layer and cover with rest of sausage mix. Press down.
Roll out remaining pastry, brush edges of pastry with beatne egg and cover with pastry lid.
Set tin on a baking sheet bake for 50-60 mins and allow to cool for 15 mins in the tin. Remove and allow to completely cool.