On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:34:31 +0100, Janet > wrote:

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> I'd never heard of this until this week.
>
> Our local council is having a campaign to reduce food waste and
> distributed a little cookery book which contains this recipe
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> http://ni.lovefoodhatewaste.com/node/3958
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> Which I made yesterday. It's easy cheap and tasty, will make it
> again.
>
> I used one each of onion, apple and leek. Thought two apples might be
> too much for the pie case. Used milk not yoghurt. Added some mixed
> herbs.
>
> I'd never made an olive-oil pastry before and to begin with it did
> not seem promising. However, as you mix the ingredients they easily
> blend and firm up, and after chilling (as long as it took to make the
> filling) it was rollable, just slightly stickier than my usual
> butter/lard pastry. However, incredibly quick to mix the dough and ideal
> for anyone who struggles with pastry making. The resulting pastry case
> was pleasantly light and crispy, does taste distinctly of olive oil.
> This may reflect the kind I use (EVOO).
>
That sounds very interesting! I have all the ingredients on hand and
may try making a small one soon. I just bought some grape seed oil,
which has a neutral flavor, so I'll use that instead of my old standby
EVOO. Thanks for the idea.

Back at ya with this delicious recipe (I loved the combination, but
hubby was not convinced the filling combo was a good idea). I'll
leave the squash out next time and see how he reacts to it.
http://pictureperfectmeals.com/apple...ons-and-bacon/
I used my own pastry recipe, not the one here... mine doesn't use an
egg.

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