Warwick Davis’ steak & Stilton pie | Jamie Oliver recipes (2024)

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How to make a Jamie Oliver steak pie? ›

A metal pie pan placed on a preheated surface will set the bottom crust quickest; once cooked, the liquids from the filling above won't soak in, and as a result: no soggy bottom. (Using metal is crucial: Glass or ceramic pans don't transfer heat as efficiently, so they can be accomplices to a sad, soggy bottom.)

Flour as Pie Filling Thickener

Teaspoon for teaspoon, you will need to use about twice as much flour as you would cornstarch or tapioca to achieve the same thickening effects. Adding too much flour to your pie filling will turn it cloudy and pasty, with a distinctly floury taste.

Sadly, they're not great as a regular part of your diet. An average individual meat pie provides around 450kcal, but the biggest problem is the 12g of saturated fat inside it – that's more than half the daily guideline. If you have buttery mashed potato or chips on the side, the fat content of your meal is even higher.

Stilton – 410 calories per 100g

This gorgeously marbled blue, which works out at 123 calories per portion, is one of the strongest smelling cheeses around, which makes it especially delicious.

If it's beer as in a steak and ale pie the obvious answer is beer - a robust bitter or brown ale I suggest although you could use a strong Belgian ale like Orval or Chimay and if you prefer wine I've drunk old Bandol with steak pie with great success.

Quite when the people of Scotland started eating Steak Pie for New Year day dinner, isn't entirely known, though one of the most popular theories is that it's due to the fact that people were far too busy to make a big meal on New Years day as they still had to work, and going to the butcher for a Steak pie was easy to ...

Preheat oven to 180°C / gas 4, place pie on an oven tray and bake for approximately 40-45 minutes or until pastry is golden and risen and filling is piping hot. To prevent the pastry from browning too quickly, you may wish to cover the pie loosely with foil or parchment paper.

What is the best thickener for meat pies? ›

FINO PIE THICKENING is a balanced blend of cereals and starches especially designed for thickening and stabilising pie meat.

Marinated Beef (31%) (Beef, Water, Maize Starch, Salt, Lemon Juice), 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫 (𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Palm Oil, Smoked Bacon With Added Water (7%) (Pork Belly, Water, Salt, Preservatives: Sodium Nitrite, Potassium Nitrate), Onion, Mushrooms, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Beef ...

We then make the rich gravy out of the stock to give it a great taste. Rest assured the steak will be as tender as you can imagine. This will feed an average of 6 people. Bake in preheated oven at 180C/GM4 for 40-45 minutes.