Such a wonderful day of baking pie. Congrats to Zoe and Tricia for winning in their categories….well done. Since Betsy didn’t mention me in her post, I’m gonna promote my own pies. I decided to go outside the box and make MEAT PIES. Yep, the Internets are a wonderful resource for finding recipes and I found one. I decided to make one veggie and one meat. The B pie was made with Spicy Italian sausage, organic red potatoes, red onion, crimini mushrooms, Italian parsley and seasonings. The D pie was made from Tofurky Italian veggie sausage, organic fingerling potatoes, red onion, crimini mushrooms, Italian parsley and seasonings.
I know I didn’t win and that’s cool. They weren’t prepared for Savory pies and honestly, I was competing with Tricia. I guess I should maybe think about taking my meat pies to farmer’s markets.
Seriously, I had a wonderful time making the pies, twitting about the process and presenting my work. I love cooking and at the end of the event, I realized others in Portland also love my cooking. Thank you.
And as Betsy said – thank you to the organizers. Well done! Recipe after the jump.
Here’s the recipe I used for both my pies. The only change was one had veggie sausage and the other had meat.
Dieselboi’s Veggie Sausage Pie
Ingredients:
1 lb Veggie Sausage
4 cups diced cooked potatoes
2 onions, minced
½ cup celery, diced
2 ¼ cup flour
2/3 cup shortening
1 tbsp chopped parsley
1 ½ tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
Milk to cover
Crust:
Combine flower and 1 ½ tbsp salt in a mixing bowl. Add shortening and cut in with whisk or blender until mixture is sufficiently blended – looks like peas. Add filtered cold water by the tablespoon while tossing lightly with a fork. Use only enough water to hold the pastry together when it is pressed between the fingers. Pastry shouldn’t be wet. Roll dough into a round ball, handling as little as possible. Roll out on a lightly floured board into a circle 1/8 inch thick. Line the bottom and sides of a flat backing dish with the pastry. Save a small ball of pastry for the top.
Insides:
Boil a few potatoes for approximately 15 minutes. Soft enough to cut into thin slices. Layer potatoes and veggie sausage with other ingredients until pie is full. I use Tofurkey Italian Sausage and cut the sausage on the bias. Add the celery, onion, parsley (use Italian Parsley for extra flavor.) Every so often while filling, toss in a pinch of salt and fresh ground pepper. Once filled, cover with warm buttermilk or a corn starch roux. Cover with remaining pastry. Cook at 350 for 1 hr.
Thoughts:
As stated, I use Tofurkey Italian Sausage links cut on the bias. Pretty tasty. You can also add garlic, peppers, mushrooms and any seasoning to flavor your pie. Another veggie sausage option is GimmeLean sausage style veggie sausage.
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D’boi, they were both works of art — particularly the veggie number. Outstanding! How much would you charge to make another one for me?
I was pretty dang impressed with your pies. For a first time piemaker? Yeah. As for your ingenuity in using a beer bottle for a rolling pin since you didn’t have one? Love it. In the words of Tim Gunn, “Make it work!” And you did.
Jack, I’ll make you one. You just have to spring for the ingredients. Remember, I only shop at Whole Foods, so you may need to break into the college fund or find me some coupons.
The judges envied the kilt. That’s the only reason your pies didn’t get a ribbon, I know it.
D’Boi,
It was great to meet and chat with you yesterday…Over great pie no less. I will keep an eye out for your meat pies at the Overlook farmer’s market.
What fun. I had such a great time, and would love to try your meat pie(s) one day. Maybe at the next OurPDX meetup? I’ll bring mine if you bring yours!
You should have won the “Best Pie For Which We Have No Category For Awards Pie Award” Your pies kicked ass!!!
Any chance you’ll come through with a recipe for those of us who couldn’t make it to the Pie-Off but crave the veggie sausage pie?
I updated the post with my recipe.
Wow – I’m so sorry I didn’t get to meet you (even though I don’t think you’re following me back on Twitter) – but I put two-and-two together @kram’s Flickr photos and the kilt and figured out who you were.
I wasn’t going to try the savory pies, being a vege and all, but when they pointed out the ingredients I took a taste – it was great. But yeah, how’d you know @tbutler would be there.
Great pie and now I’m printing this out so @wifenkids will make one for us – and so she’ll believe me that I didn’t eat any dead animals.
Good job man!
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