SAUSAGE AND BAKED BEAN PIE.
This might sound like a strange recipe but this is a favourite of mine and its very easy to make. I love it best served with mashed potato, peas and plenty of salad cream ...but thats just me.
Ingredients...
6oz plain flour
2oz butter
1oz lard or veg shortening
ice cold water
2 or 3 sausages per person
1 large tin of baked beans
Method...
Put the flour, butter and lard/veg shortening in a bowl and rub them together until you have a bowl of crumbs. Add the water slowly and mix until the pastry comes together to form a dough (try not to work the pastry too much at this stage). Wrap in clingfilm and place in the fridge for about 30 minutes. The time in the fridge allows the butter to harden slightly and for the gluten to relax. You can make the pastry earlier in the day or just before you make the pie, but allowing at least 15 minutes in the fridge will improve your pastry.
Whilst the pastry is chillling, preheat the oven to 200 degrees (180 fan). Take the skins off the sausages and place them into pyrex dishes (either 2 dishes big enough to make individual pies or 1 large dish), squashing them a little, and place in oven for 10 minutes.
Take the sausages out of the oven and tip beans over them. Roll out the pastry (on a floured surface) and place over the top of the sausage/bean mixture. You can egg wash here if you like but equally delicious if you don't. Cut a little hole in the top and put back into the oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden on top.
Serves 2 people.
