Electric pie makers and recipe ideas ;)

[fundj&e]

i was think more on lines of cutting the same shape as the pie cutter thingo do you know what i mean JD

[judydawn]

Yes I do but I don't think DD has got a Sunbeam has she? A baking paper template for a muffin liner would be a circle with a 12 cm radius and you need to make 2 cm deep cuts in the paper every 6 cms around the edge - is that clear? It then folds in to make a liner for the pie maker bottom.

Here's a picture of one of the 4 I just cut out.  Had to put some rice in it to get the shape I wanted and you could cut another 1 cm off the top edges.

[fundj&e]

thats right. JD do have a recipe for taramasalata dip   

[judydawn]

Yes fundj, give me 5 minutes and I'll pm it to you.

[fundj&e]

no not for me missgrunge on Recipe request 

[judydawn]

Oh, OK -  am a bit behind in reading the postings at the moment.  Been fiddling with baking paper and my pie maker, photo now on my previous posting.

[Decadent Dot]

Right JD, I see where you are coming from with your paper liners. You would have to make them smaller of course so that they sit inside the base cup. I can't help thinking that it would be a whole lot of time cutting out linings. The plastic ones worked very well though the buns are tiny. Probably good for kiddy snap boxes.
DD

[judydawn]

Cutting out isn't too time consuming DD, just fold a long piece of baking paper over until you have a small square & lay your template on it - I cut 4 out at one time, you could do 8 at least.  Before you cut the slits for the folds, just trim off another cm .

[leesmac78]

My boss proudly gave me a jar of robertsons fruit mince and told me she had no idea what to do with it. She of course knew that when she purchased,

So at 7am this morning, yes a Saturday morning, I got up and had the urge to cook.  I made her mince pies in the pie maker. She was thrilled to bits.  I didn't fancy one so I gave them all to her but as Christmas is coming up, you may like to use your pie makers for some yummy home made mince pies

Xxx

[judydawn]

Lovely gesture Lee. 

[Halex]

Great idea, never thought of mince pies
H

[judydawn]

Have just made my first couple of batches of pies and was very impressed with everything  
Main reason for wanting a pie maker was to use up leftovers but none around today so decided to try one from the book that came with it - chicken satay, page 19.  I had a 500g pack of chicken mince so adjusted the ingredients upwards and cooked the mixture in the TMX last night, adding fresh coriander to it this morning as well as some satay sauce as I think all pies need some sort of sort to bind everything together. I cooked the satay sauce for 5 minutes and poured it over the pies as well. Normally I would only serve 1 pie each with vegies but today we had 2 each (too much ) and I have frozen the other 4 as well as a 300g pack of leftover filling.  Will use that for a filling in filo pastry or top it with mashed potato.  The EDC shortcrust pastry made 8 bottoms and I used bought puff pastry sheets for the top.

[Halex]

Look great, yes verybhappy with mine. I had to mae up a filling too!!!
H

[obbie]

  I've had mine for years, and it is one thing I use regularly.

I love it for using up leftovers.

Robyn

[cookie1]

DD they look good and Judy your pies look lovely. The first thing I made was the quiches and I put too much filling in them and of course it stuck to the top. We've had a few left overs since then and I hope to do a heap of apple pies to put in the freezer.
DH will love snacking on them.