Liver, bacon and mushroom pie
Recipe by:
Zoë Harpham
Nothing beats the smell of a pie baking in the oven, and this one is even more aromatic than most with its rosemary-flavoured crust.
Ready in 1 hour 15 mins
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- FILLING
- 350 g lamb's liver, cut into 1 cm thick strips
- 2 tablespoons plain flour
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 75 g rindless short-cut bacon, cut into 1 cm thick strips
- 150 g shallots, peeled and cut into wedges
- 250 g carrots, peeled and diced
- 150 g button mushrooms, sliced if large
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh rosemary
- 300 ml diluted salt-reduced or homemade beef or vegetable stock, hot
- 2 tablespoons dry sherry
- PASTRY
- ¾ cup (100 g) self-raising flour
- 1¼ cups (75 g) fresh white breadcrumbs
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh rosemary
- 50 g vegetable shortening
- about ⅓ cup (80 ml) cold water
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Preparation method
Prep: 35 mins | Cook: 40 mins1.
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Toss the liver in the flour and a little seasoning to lightly coat. Heat the oil in a heavy, deep frying pan, then stir-fry the liver and bacon until lightly browned. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
2.
Add the shallots and carrots to the pan and cook, stirring frequently, until lightly coloured. Add the mushrooms and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes, then add the garlic, rosemary, stock and sherry. Bring to the boil, stirring.
3.
Return the liver and bacon to the pan and stir well. Transfer to a 1 litre pie dish, mounding the filling in the centre, then cool while making the pastry.
4.
Combine the flour, breadcrumbs, rosemary, shortening and seasoning in a bowl. Stir in enough cold water to make a soft (not sticky) dough. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to be slightly larger than the pie dish.
5.
Dampen the rim of the dish, then gently lift the pastry over the filling and press the pastry to the rim to seal. Trim off any excess pastry with a sharp knife, make a steam hole in the middle and press the back of a fork or your thumb onto the pastry rim. Bake for 30–35 minutes until golden, then serve hot.
Provided by: Allrecipes
Last updated:
28 Dec 2010
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