I made some chicken potpie and after all the picture taking, didn't realise that I didn't get one that's sliced.. Oh well...people, just have to use your imagination..:) I made the chicken filling using cut to cube chicken breast meat (on hindsight, probably should had used the dark meat instead, juicier!), celery, carrots, potatoes (as a natural thickener), peas, onions and let's see, oh yah, some water. Cook them like you would a stew. I added all that ingredients (albeit it's a lot of ingredients but I wanted to clear all my remainding veges in the crisper) in a pot and cooked till done and let cooled. I had some frozen pastry sheets and used them for the crust. Baked it at 350F till crust turned golden brown. Oh yah, before putting in oven, brushed them with egg wash to get that browness. Turned out great. Ed's not a great fan of potpies but he had no complaints nonetheless. As for Ethan, well....he was a little skeptical of it...like father, like son!! BUT for those who loves potpies, this is one easy way to make one at home and a great way to utilise all those itty bitty veges you have laying around your fridge!
And as I STILL have some more pastry sheets (geez....I really don't know how I got that amount in the first place, must had gone pastry happy and gotten more than I really needed!!!). I made some sausage rolls. Same method as the chicken potpie but just different fillings (...the possibilities....); I made these rolls with some leftover sausages (take the meat out of the casings) and pan fried them with chopped onions, peas, carrots and as a final touch, some spring onions. You can add any herbs you wished, I added some rosemary just coz I like it! :) Let the filling cooled, lay your pastry sheet out and rolled them out a little, add the filling, not too much and rolled it up, smeared some egg wash or water to seal the ending of the rolls. Stuffed it back in the fridge to chill for at least an hour (trust me, your pieces wouldn't disintegrate into odd looking bits). Then take it out to cut them into bite-sized rolls. Egg washed and sprinkled with sesame seeds...or not...your choice. Baked them at 350F till done, about 30 to 45 mins.
And no, I didn't use ANY pastry crust here....I had FINALLY finished all those pastry I had stored in my freezer like I was waiting for some pastry convention to hit town!!! Those are oatmeal-raisin cookies. MY FAVS!!! I would love to share this recipe but I think it's protected by some copyright laws out there since I got it from a cookbook. Actually Martha Stewart's I think, so check it out. Since I'm on the topic, this is one good book to get if you enjoy baking, although I think some of the recipes are a little off(that or my oven's and measuring cups are off, I really don't know), it's overall a really good book. One more thing, I don't know if you can tell, but I made this cookies giant!! First it saves time and some space and also, I'm lazy (if no one realise that by now) . Second, it's just impressive and fascinating to just look at giant cookies. Ok...I just realise how silly that sounds but really, giant cookies are just cool to stare at...makes you wonder what in the world was the baker thinking when he/she made them!! hehehe....I guess I'm the only one who does that....ooookkkk....
Enough of my crazy pre-christmas insanity post, right now attempting to make some christmas cookies...hahahah...let's see how those turn out!!!
