Veggie pie number 2

Looking back, I don’t think I added the thyme, but I did everything else.

Then I added cheese on top and shoved it into the oven.

It came out, and looked as though it would taste good, but it was dry, and lacking something. I have since reheated it, and had it for lunch, and I think that if I were to do this again, it would have the veggies cooked in the pie, rather than roasted ahead of time, so that all the juices stay with it.

I think what this needs is more juices, and something else, but I will have to make it again to figure out what the final missing ingredient is. The carrots and beets are great together, as are the potatoes.

cutting up the root veggies

Wow, still more carrots. I had to figure out something cool to do with them, and then I came across a recipe for Savory Autumn Leaf Pies in the Vegan Lunch Box book, by Jennifer McCann. It was actually for little individual pies, but it also had a variation where you could make it into one big pie, so I thought, great, and off I went.

For the filling you needed:

• 2 large carrots peeled, diced into 1/4 inch pieces (about a cup)
• 1 golden beat, peeled and diced (about 1/2 cup)
• 2 new potatoes, peeled and diced (about 2 cups)
• 2 garlic cloves (whole and unpeeled) -I actually used about 4 and peeled and cut them up
• 4 sprigs of fresh thyme
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin oil
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt.

I then took all that, and roasted it in the oven for 30 minutes.

Then I made the pie shell. I used

• 3 cups of gluten free flour (it called for 2 cups all purpose flour and 1 cup of barley)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon poppy seeds
• 1/2 cup chilled canola oil
• 1/2 cup ice water
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

Needless to say, the crust was all crumbly and didn’t hold together at all, but I shoved it into the pie shell, and dumped the veggies in, and cooked it.

Finished pie number 1

When I got it out, the shell was undercooked, and flaky and crumbly, and although the veggies tasted good, the pie itself did not, so I ate the veggies, and threw the res tof the pie out.

But then I got to thinking, perhaps I could do it slightly differently an d it would come out better.