Poachers pie recipe | Jamie Oliver recipes (2024)

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Lincolnshire Poacher pie

Filled with cheesy minted courgettes

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Filled with cheesy minted courgettes

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“This amazing vegetarian pie with rich, crumbly pastry and served with sweet salt-baked shallots is on a whole other level. ”

Serves 12

Cooks In2 hours 15 minutes plus cooling time

DifficultySuper easy

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Nutrition per serving
  • Calories 462 23%

  • Fat 29.2g 42%

  • Saturates 16.8g 84%

  • Sugars 4.5g 5%

  • Protein 13.6g 27%

  • Carbs 33.4g 13%

Of an adult's reference intake

Recipe From

Jamie's Great Britain

By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

  • 300 g Lincolnshire Poacher cheese
  • a small bunch of fresh mint , leaves picked
  • 250 g rock salt
  • 24 shallots
  • a few sprigs of fresh thyme
  • PASTRY
  • 500 g plain flour , plus extra for dusting
  • 250 g cold unsalted butter , cubed
  • white pepper
  • 1 large free-range egg , beaten
  • FILLING
  • olive oil
  • a bunch of fresh thyme
  • 1 whole nutmeg , for grating
  • 1 lemon
  • 1.5 kg courgettes, a mixture of yellow and green if you can get them , finely sliced

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Method

  1. You won’t believe how tasty the courgettes get with this method of cooking – it really does take them to another level. You’ve got to find some Lincolnshire Poacher, it’s an amazing cheese made by the very talented Jones brothers, Simon and Tim (see www.lincolnshirepoachercheese.com). The pastry is rich and amazing, so embrace the fact that it’s really crumbly and will definitely break as you’re making it. I’m serving this with a lemony salad and sweet salt-baked shallots, which will get caramelized and gorgeous and pick up the seasoning from the bed of salt. This method is also a great one for beetroots, so if you like this, try that.
  2. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4. Blitz the flour and butter in a food processor with a pinch of salt and a few good pinches of pepper until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Tip on to a work surface, make a well in the centre and add 100ml of cold water. Gently mix until it starts to come together, then – most importantly for a short, crumbly pastry – have the confidence to only just press, pat and almost hug it together to form a rough scruffy ball. Please don’t be tempted to knead the dough or it won’t be short and crumbly. Pop it into a floured bowl, cover with clingfilm and put into the fridge to chill while you make the filling.
  3. Put a drizzle of olive oil into a large pan on a medium heat and pick in the leaves from half the bunch of thyme. Add a few gratings of nutmeg, the zest of half the lemon, the sliced courgettes and a good pinch of salt and pepper. Cook gently (the courgettes will cook down and become easier to handle), stirring occasionally, for around 25 minutes. Then turn the heat down to low and cook for another 20 minutes, so the courgette mixture becomes dense and the flavours really intensify and sweeten. Allow to cool a little, finely chop and crumble in the cheese, then chop and add the mint leaves. Set aside.
  4. Halve the pastry and roll each half into a circle just under 1cm thick and slightly larger than the pie dish you’ve chosen (roughly 23cm diameter x 4cm deep). Don’t worry if the pastry breaks up – that’s normal. Just patch it. Roll one of the circles around the rolling pin and carefully unroll it over the pie dish. Gently press the pastry into the corners and sides of the dish, then spoon and spread all your courgette mixture into the dish. Carefully unroll the pastry lid over the top, then flour your thumb and forefinger and gently pinch and crimp the edges together. Trim off any excess pastry and brush the top of the pie with the beaten egg.
  5. Now simply throw the rock salt into a roasting tray with the shallots, still with their skins on, and a few thyme tips. Put the pie right at the bottom of the oven, with the tray of shallots above. Cook for 1 hour, or until the pie is golden, then allow to cool and serve with those soft roasted shallots.
  6. PS: All the leftover salt from baking the shallots can be bashed up and reused.

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FAQs

Who makes Lincolnshire poacher cheese? ›

Simon Jones, who started to make Lincolnshire Poacher cheese, is the fourth generation to be running the farm, which has been in the family since 1917.

What is poacher food? ›

Poaching is a cooking technique that involves heating food submerged in a liquid, such as water, milk, stock or wine. Poaching is differentiated from the other "moist heat" cooking methods, such as simmering and boiling, in that it uses a relatively lower temperature (about 70–80 °C (158–176 °F)).

What is the flavor of Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese? ›

West Country Cheddar meets Comté in this cheese, which typically boasts a smooth, densely creamy texture and flavours that can range from rich, savoury and brothy to long, sweet and almost pineapple-like.

What is the rind of Lincolnshire Poacher? ›

Lincolnshire Poacher is a hard unpasteurised cow's milk cheese that is generally of a cylindrical shape with a rind resembling granite in appearance.

Who makes the worlds best cheese? ›

Norwegian blue cheese Nidelven Blå has been crowned the best cheese in the world for the year 2023. The crowning took place in a competition at the 35th World Cheese Awards, held at the Trondheim Spektrum indoor arena in Norway.

Why are poachers illegal? ›

Poaching can be a serious threat to many wild species, particularly those protected in wildlife preserves or national parks. Many animal species have been limited in range or depleted in numbers, sometimes to the point of extinction, by the depredations of market hunters and unregulated sportsmen.

Why are they called poachers? ›

Back then, many forest animals legally belonged to the king, and the Middle English term pocchen described the punishable-by-death crime of taking/hunting wildlife from the forest and hiding it in a “pouch” or bag. Centuries later, the term “poacher” has a distinctly colonialist (and therefore racist) feel.

Who is a famous poacher? ›

We're talking with world renown outlaw hunter, Charles Beaty. Charles is a best selling author & die hard deer hunter, but he's known for his spending his younger days (over 20 years) poaching Boone & Crockett class bucks off of the King and Kennedy ranches in South Texas.

Which is the best steak for pies? ›

Like a classic beef stew recipe, the best beef for steak pie is beef chuck, aka “stew beef.” This affordable cut of meat can sometimes be a little less tender, making it the best option for the slow roasting required for this savory steak pie.

How to make a steak pie without burning pastry? ›

Preheat oven to 180°C / gas 4, place pie on an oven tray and bake for approximately 40-45 minutes or until pastry is golden and risen and filling is piping hot. To prevent the pastry from browning too quickly, you may wish to cover the pie loosely with foil or parchment paper.

How do you thicken steak pie filling? ›

Flour as Pie Filling Thickener

Teaspoon for teaspoon, you will need to use about twice as much flour as you would cornstarch or tapioca to achieve the same thickening effects. Adding too much flour to your pie filling will turn it cloudy and pasty, with a distinctly floury taste.

What is the best thickener for meat pies? ›

FINO PIE THICKENING is a balanced blend of cereals and starches especially designed for thickening and stabilising pie meat.

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