Shepherds Pie

[deano ou812]

Hmmm lovely shepherds pie ....

 

[George Hannah]

Hot pots don't have crusts, simple as that.Potato topped but not a potato crust.

You have never encountered a proper Lancashire hotpot if you believe that to be the case. The crust is the defining feature - a different order of crunchieness to those of the shepherd and cottage variety.

 

[urban genie]

I hate it when you order a pie in a pub and they come back with a bowl of pie filling with a bit of pastry on top.

Agree, double crust pies are best l, topped ones are poor

 

[idahoblues]

I hate it when you order a pie in a pub and they come back with a bowl of pie filling with a bit of pastry on top.

Yeah, that’s not a pie

 

[George Hannah]

Agree, double crust pies are best l, topped ones are poor

It is important not to confuse a pie with a tart or something with just a pastry lid.

 

[idahoblues]

I used to like a good hairy pie, pretty rare these days

 

[urban genie]

You have never encountered a proper Lancashire hotpot if you believe that to be the case The crust is the defining feature.

It has no crust, it has a potato topping

but some do add an additional shortcrust or suet topping, when that happens it is refered to as a hot pot pie or hot pot cobbler.

In the 20 odd years I have been a chef I have made all of them along with many other pies, flans and puddings.


It is like hash, many have their own unique recipes and it can be different from household to household all over the region(s).

 

[George Hannah]

It has no crust, it has a potato topping
but some do add an additional shortcrust or suet topping, when that happens it is refered to as a hot pot pie or hot pot cobbler.
In the 20 odd years I have been a chef I have made all of them along with many other pies, flans and puddings.
It is like hash, many have their own unique recipes and it can be different from household to household all over the region(s).

If you are a chef you should recognise the partaking of pithivier then ;)
I would gently remind you of your own definition tho'

To just clarify, a pie is a dish baked with a crust on top. That crust can be any form of pastry, potato, Crumbs, suet etc, as long as it can crust and top the filling.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

So how do you feel about flans?

Middle class angel delight

I used to like a good hairy pie, pretty rare these days

I think you need to be careful about the age of the pie.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

You have never encountered a proper Lancashire hotpot if you believe that to be the case. The crust is the defining feature - a different order of crunchieness to those of the shepherd and cottage variety.

More significantly hot pot doesn't claim to be a pie unlike the abomination that is shepherds 'pie'.