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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby Sakkarin » Wed Apr 27, 2022 12:01 pm

Guess what I had for breakfast! My Christmas Turkey & Ham Pie!

Not the prettiest pie I've made, but tastes better than anything you'd get from Tesco...

Footnote: I love hot water crust pastry, but unfortunately making it yourself, you get to see exactly how much lard goes into it, so it's only an occasional splurge.

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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby liketocook » Wed Apr 27, 2022 12:05 pm

Good choice on the Spanish chicken Gruney. :)
Sakkarin that pie looks amazing :yum

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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby Earthmaiden » Wed Apr 27, 2022 2:49 pm

Sakkarin, that looks wonderful. Was it Josh on the old Beeb board who did a blog? I followed his pork pie recipe (a free standing Melton Mowbray style, not in a tin) and it was a work of art. I was thrilled with the look of it but sadly, I didn't get the meat seasoning quite right (needed a bit more salt). I did cook and taste a little before baking but it's not quite the same.
I like making a 'Christmas Pie' with all the leftovers - including veg - to eat hot. It's nice cold too.

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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby Sakkarin » Wed Apr 27, 2022 3:22 pm

Josh's blog is still there...
https://cookingthebooks.typepad.com/

But does this piccy ring any bells? From my 2007 post on the Beeb Board that Zerocook mentioned...

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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby Wic » Wed Apr 27, 2022 3:46 pm

Wow, Sakkarin, you are undoubtedly the Piemaster!

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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby Earthmaiden » Wed Apr 27, 2022 7:37 pm

That is one beautiful pie.

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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby liketocook » Wed Apr 27, 2022 7:40 pm

Gorgeous :yum

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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby Seatallan » Wed Apr 27, 2022 7:46 pm

That's splendid!! :D :thumbsup
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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby KeenCook2 » Wed Apr 27, 2022 8:50 pm

WOW!!!!!

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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby Sloe-Gin » Thu Apr 28, 2022 10:38 am

I could live a life of pie

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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby Suffs » Thu Apr 28, 2022 10:42 am

I luuuuuuuuurve proper pork pie :yum :yum :yum and good crunchy piccalilli :yum

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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby scullion » Thu Apr 28, 2022 11:32 am

I wish you hadn’t put up that link, sakkarin- I now want the pizzette fritte.
And we were going to have something healthy and bean-y today…
I wonder if they would go together…

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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby Sakkarin » Thu Apr 28, 2022 3:27 pm

Took a while because I was waiting for him to OK me using his pic...

Here's some "Leftover Christmas stuff" pies made by a friend of mine who spent half his life in catering (and the second half in music production). Look at the accuracy of those purfles, that's 10 out of 10!!! P.S. They're frozen, so there's a slight craze on the surface.

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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby Busybee » Thu Apr 28, 2022 4:12 pm

I think I have pie envy! :yum :yum

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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby Suffs » Thu Apr 28, 2022 4:26 pm

So do I …. I also have Chinese crispy pork belly envy and have been trawling the internet for recipes … Sakkarin do you have a link to a recipe you’d recommend? I’ll be going to the farm butchers’ tomorrow and they have marvellous pork belly :yum

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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby ZeroCook » Thu Apr 28, 2022 4:32 pm

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Very excellent, Sakk :D
I was also after your recipe! Had a pie hankering ...

And proper lard is not the worst fat there is ... 8-)

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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby Sakkarin » Thu Apr 28, 2022 5:02 pm

I haven't got a 100% go-to recipe for crispy pork, I don't make it often enough, and the gaps in between are so huge that I've forgotten which recipe I used!

The latest batch think I used Sunflower's recipe, but did half her way over a water bath and half just roasted "normally" (but I think with baking powder and vinegar like the video below).

The "normal" one came out how I like it, very crispy. There were several Youtube videos that I checked out before doing it, but I can't remember which one I followed most closely! This is one of them...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxvz9aQdsMw

Will see if I can find the Pork Pie recipe - bear in mind it was 15 years ago....

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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby Lusciouslush » Thu Apr 28, 2022 5:22 pm

'Purfles'....................who knew there was a word for it, I've always called it crimping, but much prefer purfles, sounds like something a cat would do..... :D purfles it is....... :thumbsup

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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby Lusciouslush » Thu Apr 28, 2022 5:26 pm

Also agree with Zero - lard is not so bad for you, just gets a bad press.

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Re: Pork Casserole

Postby Suffs » Thu Apr 28, 2022 5:51 pm

Thank Sakkarin… that’s really helpful :crossed

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