Welshchippleandbaconpie Recipes

WELSH CHIPPLE AND BACON PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Roll out the pasty and line a 9 inch buttered quiche dish. Press buttered foil over the pastry and bake 10 minutes until pastry is firm.
• Reduce heat to 350F, remove foil, and bake pastry for an additional 10 minutes until crisp (but not brown). Remove from oven and cool.
• Heat heavy frying pan, add bacon and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes. Remove bacon pieces from pan with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Arrange the bacon in the pie shell.
• Add scallions to the bacon drippings in the pan, and cook over low heat until soft and transparent. Remove scallions from the pan and arrange over the bacon.
• Beat eggs with cream cheese until smooth. Mix in parsley and season well with salt and pepper. Pour mixture over the bacon and scallions.
• Place pie in the oven and bake at 350 for 20 - 30 minutes, until the eggs are just set. (Cover the edges with foil if they're getting too brown.).
• Serve warm.

IMPOSSIBLE BACON PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400*F; Grease 10-inch quiche dish or pie plate.
• Sprinkle bacon, cheese and onion into plate.
• Beat remaining ingredients together until smooth, 15 seconds in the blender or 1 minute with hand beater.
• Pour into pie plate.
• Bake until knife inserted between center and edge comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.
• Cool 5 minutes.
• VARIATION: Can substitute crab meat for the bacon.

WELSH SHEPARD'S PIE

Steps:

• Rewarm your mashed potatoes, set aside and keep warm.
• Melt half the butter in the olive oil in a large saute pan over medium heat add bacon and saute until just beginning to crisp and brown.
• Remove bacon from pan with a slotted spoon and set aside , keep warm.
• Add leek to pan with sugar and salt and pepper.
• Preheat boiler while leeks gently saute until soft and caramelized. Careful not to burn.
• Return bacon to pan and mix evenly.
• Pour mixture into pie 9" plate and spread evenly.
• Melt remaining butter and add to potatoes, season with salt and pepper and mix well.
• Spoon potatoes evenly over leeks and bacon and smooth top.
• Sprinkle with paprika.
• Place pie under broiler until top is nicely brown. Rotate if necessary to brown evenly.
• Serve in a wedge with pie server with a side of pickled beets or ligonberry sauce on the plate.

PASTAI YSTUMLLWYNARTH (WELSH OYSTERMOUTH PIE).

Steps:

• Boil the potatoes in lightly salted water.
• Drain well and mash them with the milk, a quarter of the butter and the seasoning and spices.
• Melt half the remaining butter in a frying pan and sautee' the onion until soft.
• Mix together with the potatoes and cod, then add the onion, hard-boiled egg and parsley.
• Turn into a buttered pie dish, roughing up the top with a fork.
• Sprinkle with a little milk and dot with the remaining butter.
• Bake at 375 degrees for about 30 minutes until golden brown and serve.