It's very wet in Sydney today...has been raining constantly since about noon yesterday. So much for my much anticipated trip to the Good food growers markets on the first Saturday of each month, on the harbour foreshores opposite the casino at Pyrmont.
So obviously a great day for a cook-up. Decided to have a crack at something I've always wanted to try - mini-pies. My mum Joanie has always had these great little snack size pies for all to sample at Christmas time (as if we are under-nourished around then!).
My take was to buy a baking pan that fitted 8 little rectangular things, & have a go with that.
For filling, I used a base of crockpot cooked lamb shank & vegies I had left over...spiced it up with some of my Tintilla estate olive tapenade with Merlot (wonderful stuff), and some Chermoula Morrocan spices, and added some fresh diced up vine-sweetened minicaps baby capsicums (an absolute flavour blast these little fellows)...also used a few slivers of these for presentation on top of the pies.
Just used basic pampas shortcrust pastry for my first ever attempt at baking a pie.
Anyways...very fiddley making them up & working out the best way to cut the pastry, etc. Then when I thought the oven was on it wasn't.
Still, they came out looking good, & sure smells good right now.
Guess the sun's just about over the yard arm now (if the sun was out) so best crack something nice in the red department & try out a Mediterranean lamb shank mini-pie.
Cheers!
Posts
