My son’s wife, who loves good food, has been patiently waiting for me to cook a Steak and Cheese Pie. There have been jokes about me using a steel glove in the kitchen from now on. So I sat by the pool for a while. Sitting by the pool in November! When I was feeling brave enough I diced the steak very carefully. 
My son has requested that we cook the meat in the crock pot as he likes the steak to be at the melt in your mouth level. So we are going to do this in a new way. I pan fried the meat first, and added Soya Sauce, Balsamic, Worcestershire and Beer. Then it cooked in the crock pot for the day!
I made pastry in the food processor the usual way. Freezer cold butter, twice as much flour, a little salt, chilled water. Whizz. Whizz. Push into a ball. Wrap and back into the fridge to wait.
Caramelised onion with red wine and rosemary. (This is a side dish) 
You all know how to construct a pie. Sfter fter pouring in your meat and gravy into the pastry dot the meat with small cubes of a strong cheddar cheese, then the pastry. I will not go into details. This was served with rosemary potatoes.
Sorry John honey, but we are eating our steak and cheese pie out beside the pool. It is another stunning California day. But at least I am not bleeding!.
c
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67 responses to “Steak and Cheese Pie around the pool in the Californian Fall.”
WOW! WOW! from which one I should start… the beautiful pool, amazing weather and delicious meal… Fascinated me. I want to jump into my screen like in a science fiction stories… Thank you dear Cecilia, Blessing and happiness, with my love, nia
thank you nia.. c
Yum! I have never had steak and cheese pie, a problem which obviously must be remedied very, very, soon. I’m going through one of my periodic “I hate cooking” phases, though, so I’m going to forward this along to my husband with a note that he has to make this for me. 🙂
Let me know when you are out of the I hate cooking phase! we can start slow!! c
This just looks scrumptious! Sorry to hear about the fingers and hope you are mending well. 🙂
I am definitely on the mend.. all good! c
Poor John, first he is home taking care of the farm. Then he has to worry about finger tips. After that, no warm weather and pool sitting. And finally he is missing this beautiful and tasty meal. Of course, I’m sure you left him just loads of wonderful things in the freezer.