Pie of Pies

My hubby recently bought himself the Hairy Bikers Perfect Pies book and has been desperate to give on of their recipes a try so yesterday he decided he was giving on e of the recipes a go, After much deliberation he decided upon the Scotch Egg Pie. As we did not have a pie plate we had to amend the recipe slightly and used a pie dish. I'm sure if you want you could find this recipe on line, but just in case here it is  with minor modifications

Ingredients

1 1/2 block of Ready made short crust pastry  (bikers make their own pastry)
6 Eggs hard boiled
500g Sausage meat or sausages
100g fresh bread crumbs 
Black pepper

The ingredients

 Method

Pre heat oven to 200 C or Gas Mark6

Boil eggs

Mix bread crumbs thoroughly with sausage meat 

Divide pastry into two portions one for base one for lid of the pie. Roll out pastry for the base and place in pie dish/plate

Then add about half of the sausage meat make hollows for eggs and then place eggs into pie

 

Then put remainder of sausage meat into pie 

Roll out pasty for the pie lid Carefully place over pie and crimp edges of the pastry to secure the lid 

Use left over pastry to decorate pie We used hearts but leaves or something else might be appropriate    Brush over with beaten egg to give a golden crust 

Place in oven and cook for between 45 - 55 minutes
 

The finished pie

This pie can be eaten hot or cold both equally delicious.It would make a great picnic dish or for the buffet table. Why don't you try it and see what you think. I know one thing the Hairy Bikers pie book is going to see a lot of service in our house.

I also made a quick apple pie  to take round to family the following day