Cheshire cheese and onion pie - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
8 -
Cook
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Skill
Medium
Ingredients
For the pastry
- 275 g Plain white flour
- 80 g Butter (salted) cut into cubes
- 60 g Lard cut into cubes
For the filling
- 40 g Butter (salted)
- 3 Onion(s) sliced
- 3 Banana shallot(s) sliced
- 1 tbsp Thyme leaves chopped
- 400 g Cheshire cheese coarsley grated
- 1 Egg(s) (free range) medium, beaten
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1
Sift the flour into a bowl. Add the butter and lard and rub in with your finger tips until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs, alternatively you can do this in a food processor.
For this step you'll need:
- 275g Plain white flour
- 80g Butter (salted)
- 60g Lard cut into cubes
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2
Add 2-3 tablespoons of cold water and using a butter knife bring the pastry together, wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes.
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3
Meanwhile add the butter to a frying pan with the onions, shallots and thyme and fry over a gentle heat for 15 minutes, without colouring. Add 180ml water and cook until evaporated so the onions are fully cooked, and cool.
For this step you'll need:
- 40g Butter (salted)
- 3 Onion(s) sliced
- 3 Banana shallot(s) sliced
- 1 tbsp Thyme leaves chopped
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4
Preheat the oven to 180C (fan 160C, gas mark 4) and get a baking sheet ready.
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5
Roll out half of the pastry on a lightly floured surface until it is about 0.5cm thick and use to line a 25cm pie dish, leaving an overhang of excess pastry. Roll out the other half of the pastry for a lid to the pie.
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6
Cover the base of the pie with half of the cooked onions followed by half the cheese and repeat again finishing with cheese, seasoning between layers with white pepper.
For this step you'll need:
- 400g Cheshire cheese coarsley grated
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7
Brush the edge with egg wash and lay the lid on top, seal by crimping with finger tips or a fork.
For this step you'll need:
- 1 Egg(s) (free range) medium, beaten
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8
Brush the pie with egg wash, cut a couple of slits in the top for the steam to escape and decorate if desired using the pastry off cuts.
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Place the pie onto the heated baking sheet and bake for 40-45 minutes until golden brown.
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10
Leave for 30 minutes before serving at room temperature.