*aaarrgh!!*
Well, it's pretty safe to say that these went a bit wrong.
The thing is, it was happening before my very eyes watching the oven, and yet I could not think of how to put a stop to it. Of course, I realised afterwards (well, during actually) that I could have quite easily have avoided this whole mess to begin with.
(No – not by buying shop-bought pie bites instead!)
The turkey stuffing mixture I made was really simple – minced turkey, fresh sage, and shallots. In a marinade of white wine vinegar, olive oil and honey. Normally I'd cook pie filling first, let it cool and then add to the pie casing, to avoid any unwelcome soggy pieness.
In this instance though, I figured, since they were so iddy, it wouldn't really matter and would be fine. (It sounded logical in my head at the time)
Of course, it wasn't, and sure enough, after a mere 10 minutes in the oven, the filling was starting to bubble dangerously away in their mini pie shells. Nooo..! I screamed at the oven. But it was too late – there was nothing else to do now but wait.
Out they came, and as you can see, the overbubbling marinade led to a bit of blackened pastry. Thankfully they still tasted good, albeit a little sticky around the edges where the marinade had slipped away. They just took a little explaining when serving them at the Christmas gathering (and they still went down well, thank goodness!)
And hey, at least they all burnt consistently on one side...
Pie out.
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