Yesterday my daughter visited one of my favourite food stores, Denninger’s . I asked her to look only for some smoked duck breasts and some cabbage rolls. She knew that I had earlier asked for sausage rolls so she began sending me text after text with photographs of sausage rolls, pies, pastries in heaven only knows what! My freezer is now jammed full.
This was one of the items I asked her to get for me.
As a traditionalist as far as pies go, I was more than prepared to dislike this. It was more a case of taking one for the team.
Before baking (re-heating). There were no directions, no ingredient list, no nutritional value sticker. But I followed directions for other pies I have had and put it into the Breville smart oven at 325°F for 50 minutes.
After baking.
Tipped out of its foil pan and into a bowl.
Breached!
To my surprise I enjoyed this more than any other chicken pie that I have had in recent memory. There seemed to be the appropriate amount of chicken, vegetables and enough sauce to keep it lovely and moist. The pastry was tasty and crispy. I tried my best to identify the curry flavour. It was definitely not what I was expecting. I thought for sure it would be seasoned with that ubiquitous yellow curry powder that we Brits used to believe was the epitome of “Indian” flavour. This was most definitely not that but something much more nuanced and complex.
I would have little difficulty keeping a supply of these in my freezer if only there were room!
