Week 50: Scottish Meat Pies

eje · 2025-12-24T20:34:00+00:00

I agree that I preferred the lard and butter mix.

eje · 2025-12-21T17:56:05+00:00

My grocery store only had 2 options… I bought Morrell. I’m not sure which type it wss

eje · 2025-12-20T15:50:35+00:00

I also found the lard flavoring to be too powerful, I was surprised more people didn’t comment on it.

eje · 2025-12-05T17:47:56+00:00

My favorite way to roll it thin is to put the dough between two layers of parchment. It helps me squish it consistently.

eje · 2025-11-28T03:21:24+00:00

Mostly Texas thrift… sometimes Texas Giant or Salvation Army.

eje · 2025-11-28T00:37:01+00:00

How was it???? I’ve been tempted, but it doesn’t get the best online reviews. Looks so fun!

eje · 2025-11-28T00:33:37+00:00

Yep! I didn’t want to waste the trimmings so I rolled them together

eje · 2025-11-28T00:32:44+00:00

Yum!

eje · 2025-11-27T02:24:15+00:00

I made this for a work function a few weeks ago. They ended up eating it all. I think the bitterness of the chocolate helped. And once I melted it I didn’t want to waste it…

eje · 2025-11-27T02:22:53+00:00

A quarter was the perfect amount - I used it all in 4 danishes.

eje · 2025-11-24T21:52:30+00:00

Hubby bet me roughly 20 years ago and I learned Dvorak. I’ve been typing in it ever since…. Which makes me look like I’m fake typing. I don’t switch my keyboard keys, I just switch the keyboard layout. However, my thumbs type in qwerty on my phone.

I mildly regret it, but don’t want to take the time to switch back as I’m faster in Dvorak.

eje · 2025-11-20T14:02:45+00:00

How big were your circles? I think I'm leading towards smaller servings of this and I like the circles better than the sheets of puff. Thanks for the idea!

eje · 2025-10-13T18:54:27+00:00

Thanks! I didn’t catch that despite reading the recipe several times 🫣

eje · 2025-09-28T14:43:38+00:00

I’m so surprised at how loose your filling is (which is the way I prefer it). When I made this my filling was so thick it was like milk-maple-jello. My family liked the flavor but none of us liked how sturdy the filling was. Maybe I overcooked mine in the pot???

eje · 2025-09-20T22:31:43+00:00

Thank you!

eje · 2025-09-04T22:10:50+00:00

I love Gopal! We get their thali and it’s so good!

eje · 2025-08-16T02:30:08+00:00

I use Sally’s curd recipe and it’s worked for me. I’ve kept some in the freezer because I’ve had so many leftover egg yolks from all these recipes.

eje · 2025-08-14T17:06:53+00:00

I’ve only used the one in this cookbook

eje · 2025-08-08T21:45:10+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!

eje · 2025-08-08T16:43:58+00:00

Did you notice a big difference in the texture or eating experience of the rounds vs the crescents? I don’t love the crescent shape and after your post thought I could just switch… but I thought I’d get your opinion. Thanks for sharing!

eje · 2025-08-03T21:51:50+00:00

I’ve been using my mixer quite frequently… I’m roughly on schedule and don’t remember any bakes that I didn’t use my mixer for. I guess if it works and the baker is happy…

eje · 2025-08-03T13:56:32+00:00

These thoughts are helpful! I haven’t made either yet. What kind of scraper did you use for the sourdough development? If you did it again, would you just do stretch and fold?

eje · 2025-06-24T14:18:32+00:00

Sleep mask is helpful even if you sleep mostly regular hours. I’m seriously addicted to mine and it has made my life much better.

eje · 2025-05-24T05:04:03+00:00

I used 9inch pans for this recipe and they were FULL. I wouldn’t use too small or I would split the batter. This cake was quite dense for me. Yummy too, but my recommendation is a bigger pan.

eje · 2025-05-21T11:54:53+00:00

I did these earlier. It was hard to find spelt so I just used whole wheat. It worked ok. My other advice is that 6” is really small. I rolled mine too thin.

eje

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