Sunday 15 July - PIE!

Not diet food, although a few concessions were made to this recipe, but it was my Birthday weekend, so not a lot of dieting took place really!

We decided to make use of some of the potatoes from the allotment, along with other things found in the fridge that needed using up - such as bacon, and a large piece of Lincolnshire Poacher cheese.

Bob was in charge of pastry, which he made with half lard and half butter - this was left in the fridge for a couple of hours while we went to watch someone walking past with the Olympic Torch.

The pie tin was lined with pastry, and then layers of sliced cooked potatoes, onion and bacon which had been gently softened, and the grated cheese. The layers were repeated twice.

Then the whole pie was spread  with some half fat creme fraiche whisked with a huge dollop of dijon mustard, and the pastry lid added.

This was baked for about 40 minutes, and served with home made coleslaw (with cabbage from the allotment), tomato salad and a big green salad. Lots left for the rest of the week too!