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Cheese and lentil pie















Ingredients

Quantity

Short crust pastry:


Flour
500gms
Fat
250gms
Salt
to taste 
Cold water
to mix

Filling:


Egg
1
Cheese
170gms
Lentils
170gms
Carrots (cooked)
170gms
Milk
625ml
Salt and pepper



Sieve the flour and salt. Rub fat into the flour. Add just sufficient cold water to form a stiff dough. Roll out and use as desired. Cook lentils till soft and drain. Mince cooked carrots. Grate cheese. Line a pie dish with pastry (keeping one half for covering). Add beaten egg, lentils, cheese and carrots to milk. season well. Pour filling into the pastry-lined tin and cover with remaining pastry. Bake in a hot oven until the pastry is cooked. Serve hot.