Farmers Pie Recipes

FARMER'S PIE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown and crumble sausage for about 5 minutes.
• Add onion and continue cooking until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes; drain.
• Remove from heat; add cheese, broccoli, rice, tomato, and olives; stir well.
• Pour into pie crust.
• In a bowl, combine eggs, cream, garlic, salt, pepper, and thyme; mix well.
• Pour over sausage mixture.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 10 minutes; reduce heat to 400 degrees and bake 30-35 minutes or until golden and firm.

CHICKEN POT PIE FOUNDING FARMERS' CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Make the velouté:.
• Heat the oil and butter in a large sauté pan over low heat. Add the onions, celery, garlic, bay leaf, and thyme. Sauté 5 to 8 minutes or until the onions are transparent. Sprinkle the flour over the vegetable mixture and continue to cook for an additional 2 minutes. Add the warm stock and milk, whisking to combine. Raise the heat and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a low simmer. Continue to simmer for 15 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Remove the velouté from the heat and strain. Set the liquid aside.
• Make the filling and pie:.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Heat the oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Sauté the onions, carrots, celery, and garlic until the onions begin to soften. Add the chicken bouillon cube and white wine, and reduce by half. Add the potatoes and chicken velouté, and simmer for approximately 2 minutes. Add the heavy cream and continue to simmer until the potatoes are tender. Be careful not to burn the mixture. Remove from the heat. Fold in the butter, maple syrup, peas, chicken, and Parmesan cheese. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Divide the filling evenly into 4 oven-safe pie baking dishes. Top each with pie dough. Lightly brush the tops with the remaining butter, and if desired, sprinkle with pepper. Bake for about 40 minutes or until the dough is golden brown.

FARMER'S CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 2 quart baking dish.
• Arrange hash brown potatoes evenly in the bottom of the prepared dish. Sprinkle with pepperjack cheese, ham, and green onions.
• In a medium bowl, mix the eggs, evaporated milk, pepper, and salt. Pour the egg mixture over the potato mixture in the dish. The dish may be covered and refrigerated at this point for several hours or overnight.
• Bake for 40 to 45 minutes (or 55 to 60 minutes if made ahead and chilled) in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

FARMER'S PIE (VEGETARIAN SHEPHERD'S PIE)

Steps:

• MASHED CAULIFLOWER TOPPING: Steam or microwave cauliflower until fork tender.
• Place in food processor and add Molly McButter, garlic powder and salt & pepper.
• Process until it has a mashed potato-like consistency.
• VEGETABLE BASE: In a large skillet combine red pepper, celery, onion, mushrooms and worcestershire sauce.
• Cover & cook until veges are soft.
• Add bouillon cube, water and ground beef crumbles.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Whisk flour w/ 2 Tbls water & stir into skillet to thicken sauce.
• Pour vege base into casserole dish & top w/ mashed cauliflower.
• Sprinkle parmesan cheese on top.
• Broil to brown the top.
• Enjoy!

FARMER'S PIE (VEGETARIAN SHEPHERD'S PIE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Put lentils, rice, 4 cups of water and bouillon together in a medium pot over high heat.
• Bring to a boil, then turn down heat to simmer. Stir occasionally, cover and cook until rice and lentils are soft, about 20 minutes. Stir in rosemary and thyme and set aside.
• While lentils cook: Boil potatoes in another pot of water until tender when pierced with a fork. Drain and return to pot over low heat.
• Add butter, salt and milk and use a potato masher to smash potatoes to your desired smoothness.
• In a medium pan heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onions, carrots and squash (or other vegetables you like). Cook until onions are tender.
• Cover the bottom of an 8x8 glass baking dish with all of the the lentil and rice mixture. Next add a layer using all of the vegetables, add the frozen peas on top. Last carefully cover the layers with mashed potatoes, a spoonful at a time using a rubber spatula.
• Cover the baking dish with foil and place in the center of the oven.
• Bake for 25 minutes covered, then remove foil and bake for 5 more minutes.
• Remove from oven and serve hot.