Turkey Pie Recipe at MyDish

Turkey Pie

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Method

  • Tear the bread into bite sized pieces and place in a bowl.
  • Pour boiling water over the bread and leave to soak for a few minutes.
  • Place a saucer on top of the mixture, press down hard and turn bowl upside down to drain off the excess water.
  • Remove the saucer, add a generous knob of best butter, and salt and pepper. Mix well together with a fork.

    • Tips

    • Alice (my Nain) used to make this for supper for her brood of 5 children. Times were very hard and food was not to be wasted, not even stale bread crusts.

      Certainly my Mother recalls it being quite a treat when they had it for supper when she was a child. Maybe the butter was tastier in those days and the bread too. I'm sure nobody was fooled by the extravagant title the dish was given.

      I can remember Alice making it for me once and it really tasted good, I have to admit I've not tried it since though!

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    Ingredients

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    • INGREDIENTS
    •  Stale bread including crusts
    •  Butter
    •  Boiling water
    •  Salt & Pepper

    By Views 1543  Added Sun Jan 4 2009


    This sounds quite disgusting! But I have tried it and it was very tasty ... really!

     

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