posted by [identity profile] techiebabe.livejournal.com at 02:28pm on 15/03/2009
Lemon meringue pie is lovely.

I'd like to know the mushroom and Guinness pie recipe, if it's veggie?
 
posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 03:29pm on 15/03/2009
I seem to remember there were mushrooms, and dried mushrooms, and guinness, and onion, and marmite, and garlic, and cornflour, and celery, and thyme, and a cuddly toy, and a fondue set, and you add more beer, then cook it down, then add more beer, then cook it down, and there was much tasting and simmering and adding and when it was all tasty and gloopy and dark it got put into a pie.
 
posted by [identity profile] pseudomonas.livejournal.com at 09:34pm on 15/03/2009
fry chopped onions, leeks, maybe celery, in a big pan
add diced swede
add sliced mushrooms. Loads of them. I mean it, they reduce.
you can add a bit of dried soya TVP here if you like.
When they're soggy and fried, splash in a bit of Guinness and add a bay leaf or so.
Let it all reduce a bit further, then top up with more beer. Keep simmering.
Add marmite, not too much, taste as you go. Or stock of your choice, really. Add chopped thyme, black pepper, maybe tomato puree. If it's insufficiently salty, I tend to go for more stock rather than salt, unless the stock is really un-salty.
Mix cornflour with a little liquid (stock or beer) to a smooth paste. thin down, add. Keep simmering, tasting, seasoning until it tastes good.

bugshaw had some dried porcini mushrooms which we washed, broke into bits, rehydrated with boiling water, and added (with the boiling water).

Pie crust: 2 parts flour, 1 part fat, salt, water as needed. Line the pie dish, prick the pastry, weight down, bake blind. Fill, cover, eggwash (or whatever you like), bake.

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