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Makingyourownpumpkinpielling
Ingredients
Vegetable oil
1.4kg pumpkin
50g unsalted butter
125g golden caster sugar
4 tbsp. plain four
¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
Ground cinnamon
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 large free- range eggs
Method
1. Preheat your oven to 180C/350F/gas 4.
Grease a non-stick pan with vegetable oil.
2. Prepare the pumpkin by halving it and
scooping out and discarding the seeds.
3. Cut the pumpkin into quarters and put onto
the pan. Cover with foil and put into the
oven for around an hour.
4. Remove the tray from the oven and allow
the pumpkin to cool in the tray.
5. Take the cooled pumpkin pieces and
scoop out the esh, and put it into a food
processor.
6. Cook 50g of butter on a low heat until it’s
golden brown. Add to the pumpkin and blitz
until smooth.
7. Add the sugar, cinnamon, vanilla extract,
our and nutmeg to the blitzed mixture.
8. Break the two eggs into a separate bowl
and whisk them before adding to the
mixture.
9. Blitz the mixture again until smooth.
10. Pour the pumpkin mixture into the pastry
base and add the pastry lid. Egg wash the
pie top before cooking in your Pie Maker
for around 25 – 30 minutes, or until golden
brown.
SteakandAlePie
Ingredients
1 kg braising steak, stripped of fatty pieces and
cut into chunks.
200g chopped carrot
200g sliced red onion.
200g mushrooms
¼ pint of ale
4 sprigs of rosemary
1 heaped tsp. our
1 heaped tsp. pepper
2 tbsp. olive oil
1 heaped tsp. tomato puree
Method
1. Add the pepper to the chopped meat. Pour
the olive oil over the meat and add a pinch of
salt and massage it into the meat.
2. Put two pans onto the hob at a high heat.
3. Brown the meat in a hot pan.
4. Chop the sprigs of rosemary and add to the
second pan, in the oil. Add the chopped
carrot and red onion.
5. Add ¼ of a pint of ale to the pan with the
meat in. Stir and add the our.
6. Stirring again, add 1 heaped tbsp. of tomato
puree.
7. Move the cooked vegetables to the pan with
meat in and cover with a pint of water. Add
the chopped mushrooms.
8. Turn down the heat and cover the pan with a
lid. Leave to cook for around an hour, before
adding to your pastry in the Pie Maker.
9. Cook for around 25 – 30 minutes in the Pie
Maker, or until golden brown.
10. Variations: You may want to add 2 cloves of
crushed garlic and ½ tsp of chilli powder as
your vegetables cook for an extra punch of
avour.
11. You can also add grated cheddar cheese to
the lling for a tasty cheesy pie