Kitchen

[PamelaSue72]

On 3/13/2014 RedTop said:

Pot pies are a favorite in this household, so I make them often---usually twice a month, with leftover beef or turkey. Because we are diabetic, I never do a double crust. Generally I make a dropped biscuit crust for the topping, as we like for our share of the crust to be on the bottom of our plate, covered with the vegetable and gravy filling. My pot pies are made in a 13x9 baking dish, and we rarely have leftovers. Enjoy your tasty dish!

We are not diabetic, but I never use a bottom crust. It's just more filler, more carbs, more whatever and we don't make it.

Whenever we have roast chicken, I always make sure we have enough leftovers for a nice chicken pot pie, with the chicken, potatoes, onions, carrots, and peas. The original recipe that I had called for chicken bouillon cubes for the filling, but since I usually make gravy for our roast chicken, I make extra gravy, so that I have enough for the pie, too.

Sometimes I cheat and use a refrigerated pie crust for our top crust (depending on how much time I have). But most of the time, I will use baking mix for the top crust of the pie. Sometimes I roll it out and place it over the casserole; sometimes, I drop it dumpling-style over the chicken filling. I guess it depends on what kind of mood I'm in.

I also like to make individual Yorkshire puddings or flavored popovers. And make just the chicken filling. Then I'll split the popovers or put a nice portion of pudding on a plate and ladle the chicken filling over the popovers or pudding. That's really good, too. I have a recipe for Onion Yorkshire Puddings and will sometimes use the chicken filling over them.

I like to make Cornish Pasties, too, which are like a beef pie. Pieces of beef with potatoes, onions, mushrooms, and carrots. And a red-wine sauce. The crust is placed onto the baking sheet, the ingredients are placed on half the crust, then the crust is folded over the beef to make a half-moon. Baked and served with the wine sauce. It's really good and my DH just loves them. They are very filling with a salad on the side. One is enough per person, maybe even half of one per person.