Jamju Pie
After a hard day at work clearly being professional and certainly not whizzing emails back and forth discussing food the creation of a generation is being prepared tonight by me.
The Jamju Pie (working title) is the glorious east meets west combination of curry, pastry and mash! After a long discussion about how mashed potatoe could breathe new life in as the alternative to rice the fruition shall be born.
As I am intensely lazy I decided that quick fixes such as take away Chicken Bhuna, pre rolled pastry and (much against my love of mash) some M&S pre made mash spud were involved in this recipe to increase speed. I suppose I could include the cheese here as well seeing as I decided against milking a cow months ago to produce my own.
As I let the oven pre heat I started to prepare the dish and instantly my dream turned to nightmare as the pre rolled sheet of pastry that I was promised cracked like an egg in front of me. Clearly I had been led up the wrong path by this quick and easy golden egg. Or something. Anyways I moved swiftly on to my second horror as I laid the pastry strips carefuly into the dish and pressed them down before realising I had not greased the damn bowl. 5 minutes and much swearing later I had extracted all pastry, greased and replaced said pastry. As the pastry needed to cook but the rest needed to warm I decided to slip it in the oven for 5 minutes or so to get a head start.
After taking it out of the oven I poured the warm Bhuna into the pie to which it fitted like a glove, having breathed a sigh of relief at dodging that bullet I started spooning the mash on top – no fancy pants moulding of the creamy white goodness I went for good old fashioned splodging. A generous grating of mature cheddar to finish the job and a slap back in the oven til it looked ready – about 15 minutes I’d say.
I realised after a few moments that I had omitted the fresh red onion I’d bought. Both from the meal and also the list of items I hadn’t grown myself.
Well the spoon has been put down, the bowl is empty and the stomach is probably too full. What a tasty treat… I don’t know if I’ll be able to use rice ever again now… that was truly amazing even with my intense bias. Now I shall have to settle down and see what The Mighty Q comes up with… especially with his feta cheese tactics… I regret nothing of the vintage cheddar and am more certain than ever that it was the right choice…. in fact I think it needs more melty cheddar goodness.
From now on I think this needs refining and testing to discover the best type of curry to combine this with… looking forward to more experiments
Looks really tasty, and HOW fast was it?
would there be enough for TWO , when I call around
Awesome, truly a masterpiece and a rewarding and fitting end to a hard days work in the office. And lo the Jamju pie is born. Who knows were this could go, who’s menu it could end up on… I reckon this could win the Great British Menu next year. A true multicultural culinary delight.
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