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Pastry: more pies and a quiche!

I do love a pie!  We had some of the slow cooked beef left over – hardly surprising, did you see the size of the piece of meat!   Although the piece was big it was still a very thrifty or frugal joint because it was a cheaper cut that needed slow cooking.   I digress – we had some left so, of course, I made a pie.   We didn’t eat the pie tonight, as we had meat on Sunday and sausages last night I went meat free tonight, so the pie has gone in the freezer for another day.

First of all the pastry lined pie dished filled with beefy goodness:

Pies!

Well it certainly feels colder today – so chicken and mushroom pie was a good choice for dinner tonight.

A basic shortcrust pastry of half fat to flour rubbed together and then a small amount of water added.  Once the pastry was combined it was put in the fridge for 30 minutes while I got on with the filling.