Sunday Supreme Sausage & Egg Pie
I am by no means a recipe writer, chef, or a strict follower of recipes for that matter, but I enjoy creating meals for my family that are a bit different & fun to make! After 5 years working in a kitchen I do miss creating & inventing, so alongside my garden and with recipes I know & have created myself I want to share them with you – tonight, Sunday Supreme Sausage & Egg Pie, that is in the oven as we speak – as I am pumped to watch our Silver Ferns take on Australia at 6pm (delayed!)
Ingredients –
400 grams of sausage meat
400 grams of pork mince (or beef, or chicken!)
3/4 cup of tomato relish
Salt & Pepper
x2 tbsp of garlic
x1 cup of wholemeal bread crumbs
x1 tomato (fried)
x1 red onion (fried)
A bunch of beetroot leaves (set in boiling water for 5 min & drain)
Fresh herbs
X5 eggs
x4 beetroot (sliced & roasted for 10 mins)
Pastry (2 rools, but you only use 1 & a half)
Oil spray & baking paper
Dried herbs
Method –
Heat oven, slice & cook beetroot & set aside
Boil jug, blanch beet leaves and stalks
Heat fry pan, cook onions for 5 mins and add tomato until soft
Combine beet leaves & stalks and onion/tomato mix in a big bowl with – sausage meat, mince, tomato relish, seasoning, garlic, breadcrumbs, mix together well
Spray dish & line with baking paper – then line with pastry. This is difficult, work fast & cut & paste! Remember, rustic!
Add half of the sausage mix, add a layer of beetroot and repeat
Then add whole eggs, break yolks and stab into meat mixture to disperse the whites – make sure the pastry is high enough up the side of the dish to ensure the egg doesn’t run out
Fold the excess pastry over and spray with oil spray, then slice the pastry and layer over the top
Spray again & sprinkle (add cheese if you want)
Place in a 180 degree, pre heated oven for about and hour and a half. Watch the pastry, if it begins to brown too much place a baking tray over the top.
Rest for 1o minutes and gently cut. I intend to take mine out of the dish, maybe interesting!
Serve with a fresh salad!
