i like pie

i really, really like to cook and have been experimenting with proper british meals on sunday afternoons. jamie oliver had a fantastic lamb pie recipe in one of his cookbooks; however, it called for some part of the lamb that i had never heard of, as well as puff pastry, which takes six hours to make and i can't ever find ready-made.

more often than not, i have to find "compromises" when i cook and this was no exception. there was some lovely lamb shoulder on sale at asda (wal-mart), and a bag of puff pastry mix in a random aisle. done and done. i even talked adam into buying me a rolling pin!

i had never cooked lamb before but it was surprisingly easy. just put it in a dutch oven to brown it, throw in some veggies and red wine sauce to simmer, then cover with pastry and bake for a few minutes. the puff pastry mix didn't make quite enough to cover the pie, so we improvised and used the end bits to plug a few holes. however, the baking dish wasn't deep enough so my beautiful crust, which i had so lovingly applied an egg wash to, sunk. turns out that soggy pie crust still tastes pretty damn good... :-)



the masterpiece!


after a few bites...