Homemade Pie Recipe – Individual
Recipe Smoked Cheese and Vegetable
Recipe Pastry Short Savoury
Ingredients
- 3 Asparagus spears, chopped
- 1 carrot, diced
- 2 sticks celery, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 tsp mixed herbs
- 50g butter
- 100g flour
- 300ml milk
- 100g Smoked cheese , grated
- Salt and Pepper
For the pastry
- 340 g plain flour
- 170 g butter
1. First make your shortcrust pastry using flour and butter place in a food processor and add a little water 10 ml -20 ml , mix until pastry is formed, add the water to soften the pastry then remove and place in the fridge for 30 minutes. Follow here for more information on pastry recipe.
2.Make the white sauce with butter, melt the butter then add flour until paste is formed, once the flour has absorbed the fat from the butter add the milk or stock slowly, 1/2 cup at a time, add mixed herbs at the end. Follow here for more information on sauce recipe. Add all vegetables to the white sauce, cook on medium heat for 8 minutes. After cooked take off heat and add cheese.
3.Then remove pastry from fridge role out and cover the top of the pie, make sure you use flour when you role the pastry otherwise its going to stick everywhere. Turn on oven 190c. Lightly grease the tray, roll pastry to right tray size make 4 small holes with a fork in pastry base. Once tray is ready place into oven and cook without colour. 6-7 minutes. Remove and fill with cheese and vegetable filling then place back into oven and cook for 40-50 minutes on 175 c.
