crazy good pot pie

abyt42

Let me preface this by saying I don't normally like pot pie because I don't like pie crust, and usually pot pie fillings are a little bland. However, I've been sick as a dog this week, and wanted some comforting, easy food for dinner (and didn't want to go to the store).

So: I made a curried pea and potato filling (wildly adapted from The Vegetarian Times cookbook's "Curried Squash in a Roti"), divided the filling into 6 ramekins, rolled out a sheet of puff pastry until it was very thin and cut circles 1/2 wider than the ramekins, slapped them on as lids, and baked them at 400 degrees F until the pastry was puffed and browned.


Awesome! The filling is 147 calories per serving. 1/6 a sheet of puff pastry is 170 (which is what I entered, even though I threw away some of the sheet.) And I can't imagine ever trying to make pot pie with a standard pie crust again.....


I'm also trying to figure out which other recipes I could use as a filling. Lentil curry?

daliberti

Can you post the recipe for the filling? It sounds really good!

Flacachica

Sounds great. I LOVE pot pie. I make them from scratch, so I'm always looking for a lower cal recipe! Thanks!

JesaGrace

yum

chrissym78

You had me at puff pastry, LOL! Sounds amazing!

Norty7

Would love the recipe for this

fantm

Yes, please post the recipe! It sounds delish.

abyt42

1.5 tsp canola oil
3 toes garlic, minced
1 medium onion, diced
4 C cubed russet potatoes (small cubes)
dash crushed red pepper
2 C water
2 T curry powder
1/2 T ground cumin
1/4 t salt
1/2 t black pepper
1 C fresh or frozen green peas

Saute onion and garlic in a large pan until soft. Add potatoes, water, red pepper flakes, curry powder, cumin, salt & pepper. Cook until potatoes are tender and a great deal of the moisture is evaporated or absorbed. Stir in the peas and heat through. Remove from heat.

147 calories per serving (6 servings)