So, I also made way too much pulled-pork for a small get-together at my house last week. I think there were fewer people at my wedding. Of course, half of the crowd was the under 10's. Yep. A lot of kids. So, imagine this, the pizza got eaten but the pulled-pork didn't. Now, what am I supposed to do with THAT much pork?
Make a pie!
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| Pulled-Pork Pie right out of the over. |
Summer Time and the Living is Easy....Wow, I wish that were true. It's been a fast and furious summer. Not a great one for excellent pastries or cookies or cakes or pies. I did learn a better way to prepare salad, but really, who cares?! It's salad. Green. Crunchy.
So, I returned to my baking with a triple batch of chocolate chip cookies. Seemed like a good idea. A triple fits in my mixer. I don't recommend it. It just was too much. I don't know. Maybe it was too hot that day? The cookies taste fine, but look bizarrely brown. Go figure! Luckily it didn't stop people from eating them. Chocolate chip cookies. Why do Americans LOVE them so much? Ironically, not my favorite.
That's what I do, I bake. Well, my last foray into baking pork into a crust did not go so well. This time I went to the expert: HELLOOOOOOOOOO google. Yep. Gotta google pulled-pork pie recipes. I love the Internet. See my other blog to figure out why...
So, I found a recipe. It looks ok. OK, not really exciting. None the less. So, of course, I didn't really follow the recipe. BUT it smells good. I am using my pulled pork, some hashbrowsn (they were supposed to be country style but I didn't really pay attention...oh well,) some extra carrots, potatoes, and of course the pie crust recipe that a friend recommended earlier last year. It was actually pretty quick since I used prepared hash browns. It's in the oven now.
Well that was quite an experiment. It's very rich. Being used to hamburger pie the meat in the pork pie is much ore dense. It also seems sweeter for some reason. Ruth picked through it and ate a few bites. I liked mine but wished that I could have had a smaller piece. I guess maybe with some asparagus or corn on the side?
I liked it. If I ever have a HUGE pot of pulled pork again, I'd make it again. Brian tried it with BBQ sauce on it. That's what living in Tennessee will do for you. He felt that the sauce did not complement the crust.
Well, happy eating. Maybe it's time to blog about a book again.
