Pastai Persli Parsley Pie Welsh Food

PASTAI PERSLI (PARSLEY PIE) WELSH

Steps:

• Cold boiled bacon may be used instead of steaky bacon.
• Line a flan ring or pie dish with the prepared pastry and bake it blind in a hot oven.
• Gas Mark 6 (400F) for 15 minutes.
• Blend the flour with a little milk.
• Break the eggs into a basin and beat well, add the blended flour and remaining milk, seasoning and parsley.
• Put the bacon (lightly fried if you are using steaky) into the pastry case and pour over the egg mixture.
• Bake at Gas Mark 3 (325F) for 30-35 minutes.

PASTETLI (SWISS MEAT OR MEATLESSPIE)

Steps:

• Bake 6 large pies made out of the puff-pastry for about 15 to 20 minutes.
• Heat margarine or butter in a pot.
• Add shallot and clove of garlic, saute briefly.
• Add white wine and mushrooms, mix, cover and cook for about 5 minutes.
• Increase heat, cook in open pot until half of the fluid has gone.
• Add half and half and cream.
• Add curry, worcestershire sauce, paprika, nutmeg, pepper and salt.
• Distribute the filling into the heated pies, serve immediately.

PETER'S HOMEMADE WELSH PIE

Steps:

• 1. To make the pastry...sift the flour into a large bowl, add the butter and rub in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs
• 2. Stir in the salt, then add 2-3 tbsp. water and mix to a firm dough. Knead the dough briefly and gently on a floured surface. wrap in cling film and chill while preparing the filling
• 3. Pie filling.... Fry the smoked bacon and spicy sausage in virgin olive oil, until golden brown. Leave to cool. Then add to the roughly mashed potato
• 4. Grate cheese and put to one side
• 5. Peel and slice 1 leek and 4 onions into bite size pieces, peel potatoes, slice into quarters. Boil together with a pinch of salt, until soft. Drain once cooked, add 1lb of cheese, leave to cool then mash roughly
• 6. Wash and cut up remaining leek and onions, set aside.
• 7. Roll out pastry to fit your selected pie dish(es). Then add the cooled potato mix, before adding the pastry to the pie top, add raw onions, remaining leek and rest of cheese. place pastry topping to pie mix, cut two small slits in pastry top
• 8. Egg wash to pastry top
• 9. cook 180C, 350F. Cook for 35-40 minutes, or until golden brown. Use 4" or 6" pie cases or 1 large pie dish

PASTAI YSTUMLLWYNARTH (WELSH OYSTERMOUTH PIE).

Steps:

• Boil the potatoes in lightly salted water.
• Drain well and mash them with the milk, a quarter of the butter and the seasoning and spices.
• Melt half the remaining butter in a frying pan and sautee' the onion until soft.
• Mix together with the potatoes and cod, then add the onion, hard-boiled egg and parsley.
• Turn into a buttered pie dish, roughing up the top with a fork.
• Sprinkle with a little milk and dot with the remaining butter.
• Bake at 375 degrees for about 30 minutes until golden brown and serve.

CHICKEN, LEEK AND PARSLEY PIE

Steps:

• Poach chicken breasts in water seasoned with salt and pepper. Cool in the liquid, then cut in strips.
• Cut 1/4 cup margarine into flour and salt till it resembles coarse meal. Stir in yogurt just until dry ingredients are moistened. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 30-40 minutes.
• Fry the leeks in margarine until soft. Stir in cheeses and parsley.
• Layer chicken and leek mixture in 9x11 inch pan.
• Mix mustard, flour, milk, salt and pepper; pour over pie.
• Roll out dough and place on top of pie; cut a slit for steam to escape. Bake at 400 for 30-40 minutes.