Picnic pie - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
8 -
Cook
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Skill
Easy
Ingredients
For the pastry
- 225 g Plain white flour
- Salt
- 195 g Butter (unsalted) cubed, cold
- 125 ml Water cold
- 1 tsp Lemon juice
For the filling
- 1 Onion(s) large, diced
- 250 g Bacon rasher(s) chopped
- 1 Bramley apple(s) large, diced
- 675 g Sausage meat
- 9 Sage leaves chopped
- 1 tbsp Wholegrain mustard
- 1 Egg(s) (free range) beaten
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Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl and add the butter. Mix the butter around with a metal spoon to coat it in flour.
For this step you'll need:
- 225g Plain white flour
- Salt
- 195g Butter (unsalted) cubed, cold
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2
Mix the lemon juice and water together in a jug and pour it into the flour and butter mixture.
For this step you'll need:
- 125ml Water cold
- 1tsp Lemon juice
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3
Using a round tipped knife, cut across the mixture several times to chop the butter into the flour until it comes together as a dough. Turn this onto a lightly floured surface and shape it into a thick slab, a similar shape to a brick.
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4
Roll the dough into a rectangle using more flour to stop it sticking to the surface or your rolling pin. Fold one 1/3 of the dough to the centre , then fold the remaining 1/3 on top. Roll the pastry out again and repeat. Then run the pastry 90°and repeat. Do this 3 or 4 times. Then wrap the pastry in cling film a chill in the fridge for several hours or overnight.
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5
Bring the pastry out of the fridge to warm. Preheat the oven to 210°C (fan 190°C, gas mark 7).
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6
Fry the bacon and onion until golden brown, let them cool then in a large bowl mix with the apple, sausage meat, sage and mustard. Season with black pepper.
For this step you'll need:
- 250g Bacon rasher(s) chopped
- 1 Onion(s) large, diced
- 675g Sausage meat
- 1 Bramley apple(s) large, diced
- 9 Sage leaves chopped
- 1 tbsp Wholegrain mustard
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7
Roll out the pastry to a rectangle approx 25cm x 35cm, place the sausagemeat mix along the centre of the pastry, brush the edges with water and roll up enclosing the filling, sealing at both ends. Place seam down onto a baking tray. Make some slashes across the top and brush with the beaten egg.
For this step you'll need:
- 1 Egg(s) (free range) beaten
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8
Bake in the oven for 20 minutes then reduce the heat to 190°C (fan 170°C, gas mark 5) and bake for a further 30 minutes. Cover with foil if it gets too brown.
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9
Serve hot or cold on your picnic.