The Best Bacon and Egg Pie

I always thought I have made a pretty good Bacon and Egg Pie, but one of our local sandwich shops (Naturals Bake and Coffee on Quay Street) makes a boomer.
I think he adds his grated cheese at the last minute. So moist and flavoursome.

I was also inspired by a New Zealand TV Chef, Richard Till of “Kiwi Kitchen” fame, on his programme, he discovered an older gentleman domiciled in Napier, who is apparently very famous in his locale for his Bacon and Egg Pie. This gentleman was also famous for his pastry.
I used shop bought but I am going to give his a go on another occasion.

So I have pinched a couple of ideas and I have to say it was an excellent pie
I normally lightly beat the eggs but this time following their lead I just broke the yolks up moving the fork around.
I think the secret is to use nice streaky bacon...leave fat on
I have always used cheese, but this time I placed the grated cheese first… Helps to make a seal on the bottom. By the way the cheese is not the hero, it is just that little bit extra.

I cut the bacon into 2 cm chunks and fried it for a couple of minutes to get the fat rendering.
This makes the pie filling very moist and yummy.
I added some chopped spring onion.
Adds colour and flavour.

Shop bought Ready Rolled Puff Pastry
Eggs
3 rashers per person streaky bacon cut into 2 cm chunks
Grated cheese
Spring Onions sliced
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Spring onions finely chopped
Lightly fry bacon chunks don’t drain
So line a greased pie dish with puff pastry.
Sprinkle on grated cheese

Cover with bacon
Break in enough eggs this size pie (14 cm/5") took 2 ½ large eggs
Break them up moving the yolk with a fork
Season with a little sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Add extra bacon on top
Sprinkle on chopped spring onions
Pop on the pastry lid and crimp the edges.
Brush with egg wash for the golden look.

Pre heat oven to 210C
Cook for 5 minutes then reduce to 200C
Cook for a further 20 minutes

The pie should be golden brown and crisp. Here it is cooling on the window sill.
The filling beautiful and moist and you will not be able to get enough of it.
The pastry just so flaky wonderful
I made this pie for Dale to take on his fishing trip.
Size 20cm/8” This took 8 eggs.