OK,
Given: I am addicted to home cured Corned Beef.
Given: I love my Reubens after.
Given: I love home fermented Sauerkraut.
Given: I love meat pies.
New twist:
I'm gonna have the Y cook off another corned beef this weekend. when it is done, I will take the meat out and cook down ALL the liquid in the pot to make the caramel I have been talking about the last few days. then, make it back to a heavy sauce with a bit of vinegar and maybe just the needed water to make it spoonable. then, use my hot water pastry to make handpies with the leftover meat, home made kraut and slices of swiss. these can then be baked and eaten or frozen for later.
I'm doing these as hand pies rather than regular meat pies because a Reuben needs some more starch to it than a regular meat pie does. you want to balance your crust against your filling. a regular English meat pie, like a beef pie or the Porkie are the equivalent of an inside out hamburger in America. so. the Reuben, made into a pie, would want more crust. of course, you can make the pastry with the flours you use for rye bread if you like but I' not a rye fan so I just use straight white flour.
For those who work where they need or want to take their lunch, the English meat pies were designed t be eaten cold. so making meat pies ahead of time and taking them to work would be exactly why they were made. and, if you want them warm, in an office, you can always pp them in the Microwave.
The famous Melton Mowbry pies were made famous not because the regular folks ate them but because the Nobles caught on. they decided they liked them and the ability to eat them out of hand made them perfect for a person on horse to eat as they followed the hunt.
Given: I am addicted to home cured Corned Beef.
Given: I love my Reubens after.
Given: I love home fermented Sauerkraut.
Given: I love meat pies.
New twist:
I'm gonna have the Y cook off another corned beef this weekend. when it is done, I will take the meat out and cook down ALL the liquid in the pot to make the caramel I have been talking about the last few days. then, make it back to a heavy sauce with a bit of vinegar and maybe just the needed water to make it spoonable. then, use my hot water pastry to make handpies with the leftover meat, home made kraut and slices of swiss. these can then be baked and eaten or frozen for later.
I'm doing these as hand pies rather than regular meat pies because a Reuben needs some more starch to it than a regular meat pie does. you want to balance your crust against your filling. a regular English meat pie, like a beef pie or the Porkie are the equivalent of an inside out hamburger in America. so. the Reuben, made into a pie, would want more crust. of course, you can make the pastry with the flours you use for rye bread if you like but I' not a rye fan so I just use straight white flour.
For those who work where they need or want to take their lunch, the English meat pies were designed t be eaten cold. so making meat pies ahead of time and taking them to work would be exactly why they were made. and, if you want them warm, in an office, you can always pp them in the Microwave.
The famous Melton Mowbry pies were made famous not because the regular folks ate them but because the Nobles caught on. they decided they liked them and the ability to eat them out of hand made them perfect for a person on horse to eat as they followed the hunt.
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