#herring pie

[warmcottagee]

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Madame’s Pumpkin & Herring Pot Pie

Director: Hayao Miyazaki Movie: Kiki’s Delivery Service Difficulty rating: Anna Karenina Deliciousness rating: Exceeds Expectations Recipe & Notes …

In Wylder’s Level 4 Pop’n Sweet Cafe story, Wylder is dumped by a cat and MC bakes a nostalgic Herring Pie to console him.  Probably.  We know from the story that the pie contains layered dough and obviously herring.

In honor of the cat that got away, I chose one of the many recipes dedicated to the herring pie in Kiki’s Delivery Service.  

Unlike a lot of other recipes I saw, it has the dough layered upon itself.  Check!  This particular dish won an award in a small contest, and the recipe itself is fantastic as it separates each stage of the pie’s construction into easy, manageable tasks.

Let that cute dough herring turn your frown upside down and re-spark your imagination!

[daydreameilyah]

Herring Pie from Kiki’s Delivery Service a really cute anime I grew up watching. I didn’t add black olives because I don’t like them so I just made small dough circles where they’d go on top. Also I used cod which any white fish will work. RECIPE: Supplies: Casserole dish

Ingredients: 4 filets of herring (or any white fish or mackerel or cod… any white fish will do) 2 ½ cups of heavy whipping cream ½ cup of dry white cooking wine ¼ cup lemon juice 4 tbsp butter 3 tbsp of flour 1 small onion diced 2 large cloves of garlic, diced ½ cup carrots, chopped ½ cup of corn 1 cup of pumpkin (or japanese pumpkin, squash) chopped ¼ cup of mushrooms, diced 1 tbsp of dill A dash of salt and pepper 2 eggs, one yolk for egg wash. 2 boxes of frozen puff pastry dough black olives

Directions: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F, pull out your puff pastry dough from the freezer to defrost. Place filets in a small pan. Mix heavy whipping cream and white wine and ¼ of freshly squeezed lemon juice and pour wine cream mixture over fish until the fish are just covered. Bring liquid to a boil, cover fish and poach for between 5-10 minutes until fish becomes firm. Drain liquid from fish and set aside. Let fish cool. Chop onions and garlic. Saute them in a large frying pan with a bit of olive oil, salt and pepper until they become clear for about 5 minutes. Add the white wine sauce to your pan, and bring to a boil. Add 3 tbsp of flour and whisk continuously. Your sauce will begin to thicken into gravy. Add the rest of your chopped vegetables to the pan (pumpkin, carrots, mushrooms, corn) as well as the dill. Break off pieces of your fish and mix into the sauce as well. Add a dash of salt and pepper. Allow to cook for 5 minutes or until mushrooms are translucent. Remove from heat. Separate one egg and put yolk aside. Crack remaining egg into the egg white, beat and lightly fold into your eggs into your pie filling. Transfer the filling into your prepared casserole dish. Egg wash the edge of the filling to adhere the crust. Using only part of your puff pastry, place the pastry sheet over the dish and trim around the dish. The leftover puff pastry will be used to create the top of the dish. Make 1 inch strips and lie them diagonally with 1 inch in between each one. Egg wash the top of your dish. Cut out your fish with a knife. (scoring, adding eye, etc.) Gently place the fish in the middle and apply more egg wash to your fish to seal the deal. Garnish the top with black olives cut in half. Bake pie for 20-30 minutes, top should be golden brown. Remove and let cool for at least 15 minutes before serving.

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[missmeltycat]

Herring and Butternut Squash Pie

Herring pie may not be for everyone, but to those who enjoy fish it’s goooood.

Ingredients:

2 tins of herring (I particularly enjoy the variety in spiced tomato sauce if you can get it. If it’s in oil, drain them.)

1 butternut squash (Peeled and cubed)

4 medium potatoes

Passata

Tomato puree

1 medium white onion (Finely chopped - Onion Powder is fine if you can’t get one)

5 reasonably sized dill pickles

Salt

Black pepper

Basil

Puff pastry (You can also get and use gluten free puff pastry if required)

Start by prepping your squash. Once peeled and cubed into large chunks, roast in the oven on a tray until they soften. Then place them in a blender and whizz up into a nice roasted squash puree.

Boil your potatoes and mash with a little butter. (Do NOT add milk or cream, as it will make it way too soft! It needs to be firm mash. Son’t blend or add to a food processor, as this also has the same effect. Mash by hand.)

Fry off your onions if you have them, otherwise add your onion powder to the mix mentioned below.

In a bowl, empty out your fish and mash it up. Add your squash puree and the passata, puree, onion, basil salt and pepper and mix it well. Once it’s mixed add it to a reasonably deep baking dish and flatten with a fork.

Chop your dill pickles into chunky slices and place them in rows on top of the fish mix.

Once this is done, top with your mashed potato and then top that with the pastry. Decorate the pastry however you want to.

Once that is done, egg or milk wash the tyop, or leave without a wash and place in the oven at around 180-200 degrees until the pastry cooks through and looks golden and puffy.

Enjoy!

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「これ、あまり好きじゃないよねー」 "this, (i) don't really like"

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