Last night I made Poachers Pie....okay have to admit I was still a bit poorly so shop brought pastry was used. However the rest was followed to the letter and with another lovely front facing floral arrangement to adorn the table comprising pink tulips, carnations, my favourite flower freesia, bouvardia, mimosa and sweet avalanche roses it made the meal really special. I finished the meal off with a Raspberry and Elderflower Fizz as really it should have had a nice red wine such as a chianti, however I don't like red wine so complemented the flowers and used a less heavy drink as the meal is quite hearty, almost medieval in look and taste taking me back to pictures of the medieval tables with their hearty pies.
The pie in itself was amazing I used beef steak, chicken and ham for the filling, the sausagemeat gave it another dimension and was really tasty.
For details of how to make Poachers Pie it can be found in Paul Hollywood's
How to Bake book which is published by Bloomsbury.
The flowers were supplied courtesy of
Dutch Flower Auction Direct.
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