Electric pie makers and recipe ideas ;)

[Brumington]

Without trawling through 35 pages of info I was wondering if I could get some advice. I've recently seen a pie maker for $40 and am really tempted to buy it. My DH needs a lunch made every day and gets a bit bored of sandwiches and salad and I think a pie would be a great alternative. What sort of filling would be good for it though? It will have to be something that can be taken out of the fridge in the morning and left to sit happily in an esky for at least four hours. He will not be able to reheat it. Would a chicken filling be a bad idea? I know I can do sweet fillings too but I'm thinking more along savoury.  Any ideas would be great. Thank you.

[Debbiebillg]

Brumington, I have one (Sunbeam I think). I don't use it all that often but just my comments on it would be they don't hold heaps of filling (so your DH may need at least 2 or 3 depending on his appetite) and also I'm not a huge fan of pies made with the ready rolled pastry as it's a bit thin ! Others I think have made them with home made pastry, but that would probably be quite time consuming on a regular basis.  Saying that, we do use it just not heaps.  If their in an esky with cold packs, it would keep cold enough though I would think.

[judydawn]

Brumington, the best pie recipe at room temperature I've found is an egg and bacon pie - they are even better served this way than hot out of the machine.  I did some yesterday for a friend and she loved them as we do.  I got the idea on the forum somewhere and have played with that idea, grated parmesan in the bottom (I used bought puff pastry sheets, top and bottom), sauteed bacon with a couple tablespoons of caramelised onion (I make it in bulk and keep it in the freezer, packed flat so that I can just break a piece off whenever I need it), then crack an egg on top, add some pepper.  He might get sick of them all the time though so it will be nice if you can come up with some other ideas which can be served cold.

There are some nice recipes on the bbcgoodfood.com site - here are just 3 that caught my eye.

One which says it's nice served cold the next day - Spiced pork & potato pie,  It could be quite easily made in the Thermomix.

I think this Chicken & sweetcorn pie would be suitable as well -  no need to use the eggwash for the top of the pastry.

The filling for this spinach & potato pie would be another good one - read all the reviews, you always get ideas there.

[astarra]

where did you order it from Astarra

national appliences on ebay. 

[Brumington]

Thank you very much for your advice. He'd love the bacon and egg one JD. I think I'll buy one. It's only $40. He doesn't have a huge appetite so I think two with a different filling in each would be good.

[judydawn]

I think 2 should fill him.  It certainly fills us - 1 is not enough, 2 is plenty.  You'll get plenty of use out of it Brumington, it's the very best of all my purchases of late and so handy when you have a cupful of something left over - 4 pies for lunch the next day. 

[achookwoman]

My traditional size Pie maker that I bought in September ( Sunbeam), has stopped working.  I think it is the Thermostat.  I have made 30 pies in it.  i bought it from DJ in Melb.  They will replace it but we need to take it in, and wait 3 weeks for it to be replaced.  What a pest. 

[judydawn]

That's no good Chookie, good thing it happened before the warranty ran out.  I wonder why you have to wait for a replacement

[achookwoman]

That's no good Chookie, good thing it happened before the warranty ran out.  I wonder why you have to wait for a replacement

Not sure,  I will ring Sunbeam before i go back to DJ.

[astarra]

Hope you get it back/replaced soon cookie. 
I hate it when things stop working. 

[astarra]

Happy happy happy - my family size pie maker has just been delivered!! 

[Yvette]

Woohoo Astarra what pie are you cooking first?

[Halex]

Cookie, bummer

Astarra, cant wait to see a pie

[astarra]

Once I decide what type I'll be making pies! My lunches drawer of my upright freezer has all of 3 muffins left in it so it has come at a perfect time!
Problem now is I have just had to pick up a sick daughter from school again today- not even 2 weeks since I had to pick her up last time.  So not sure if I'll get much cooking done today after all. 

[Yvette]

Hope DS is ok Astarra