Poor Womans Pie Recipes

THE PIE THAT'LL MAKE YOU CRY

Steps:

• First, whip up your pie crust using "Sylvia's Perfect Pie Crust" found on Tasty Kitchen.Next, mix sugar, brown sugar, salt, corn syrup, butter, eggs, and vanilla together in a bowl. Pour chopped pecans in the bottom of the unbaked pie shell. Pour syrup mixture over the top. Cover top and crust lightly/gently with foil. Bake pie at 350º for 30 minutes. Remove foil, then continue baking for 20 minutes, being careful not to burn the crust or pecans.NOTE: PIE SHOULD NOT BE OVERLY JIGGLY WHEN YOU REMOVE IT FROM THE OVEN. If it shakes a lot, cover with foil and bake for an additional 20 minute or until set. Required baking time seems to vary widely with this recipe. Sometimes it takes 50 minutes; sometimes it takes 75!Allow to cool for several hours or overnight. Serve in thin slivers.

MARTHA'S BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
• Combine sugar and flour in a large bowl. Add yolks and eggs, and whisk to combine. Whisk in butter, buttermilk, cream, zest, and vanilla until thoroughly combined. Pour into baked crust. Bake until filling is set but still wobbly, 45 to 55 minutes. Let cool to room temperature before serving.

POOR MAN'S PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cook and stir ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat until browned and crumbly, about 10 minutes; season with salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder. Drain excess grease. Stir cream of mushroom soup and green beans into ground beef and bring to a simmer.
• Spread ground beef mixture into a 9x13-inch casserole dish. Spread mashed potatoes evenly over ground beef mixture. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese over the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until heated through, about 20 minutes.

POOR MAN'S SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, bring water and brown rice to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 45 to 50 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a medium skillet over high heat, brown the ground beef and drain fat.
• Stir the mushroom soup, green onion, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce and pepper into the skillet with the beef. Simmer on medium low heat for 10 minutes. Serve over the rice.

POOR WOMAN'S CHICKEN WELLINGTON

Steps:

• Using a stock pot I heat up the wine, shallots, garlic, butter, and bouillon on medium temperature.
• When wine has reduced somewhat and garlic is fragrant add chicken (I usually cube my chicken pieces). Cook on med high temperature.
• When chicken has cooked in the fragrant wine broth, add mushrooms.
• Continue to cook for about 3 minutes and then add remaining ingredients (except the pastry sheets) and stir.
• (Sometimes I will add heavy cream to this as well, but it's your preference).
• Cook for another 5 minutes and watch as it reduces.
• Using a loaf pan (sprayed with PAM) I layer pastry sheets between the chicken/mushroom sauce (about 6-7 high).
• On final layer of pastry I brush a little egg wash on for shine.
• Then bake at 350°F until the pastry is flaky/puffed/golden brown.
• Enjoy!

POOR WOMAN'S TAGINE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300°F.
• Combine all ingredients in a baking dish (I use a pyrex mixing bowl) and cover with foil.
• Bake covered for 1 hour and 30 minutes.
• Let sit covered for at least 15 minutes before eating. Even better the next day, after the flavors have developed a bit more.

POOR MAN'S APPLE COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Melt butter in a 9x13 (preferably glass) baking dish. Do this by placing it in the oven while it preheats.
• Mix sugar, flour, vanilla, and milk in a mixing bowl.
• Pour mixture into baking dish over the butter. Do not mix with butter.
• Spoon in apples or your fruit of choice in random spots.
• Bake for 45 minutes.
• The crust will rise around apples. Serve. Enjoy!