Welsh Leek Pie Recipe



Welsh Leek Pie Recipes

Ingredients :

2 tbsp fat, oil or butter

4 slices bacon

2 eggs

salt and pepper to taste

Method :

Set the oven to 210C, Mark 7. First make the pastry Cornish Pasty. Then put it in the refrigerator while you make the filling. Peel and chop the onion. Chop the leeks and wash them very carefully. Melt half the butter in a frying pan. Cook the onions until they are soft. Then add the leeks and the rest of the butter to the frying pan. Cook slowly for about 15 minutes until the leeks are very soft.

Take the frying pan off the heat. Chop the bacon and add it to the leek and onion mixture. In a small bowl, mix the flour and the cream well. Add this to the mixture in the frying pan. Mix well. Ad salt and pepper. Let the mixture get cold. Then roll out half the pastry and put it in the bottom of a pie dish. Press the edges together tightly. Make a hole about 2cm long in the centre of the pie. Brush the top of the pie with beaten egg. Cook in the oven at 210C, Mark 7 for 15 minutes, then for 20-30 minutes more at 180C, Mark 4. Serve hot.

Serves 4

The leek is the national sign of Wales, but leeks are in fact used in cooking all over Britain.


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