The Bubble Chef

A common notion of a pie would be a special meat, fish, fowl, fruit, or vegetables that is baked with a crust of pastry, or pastry shells filled with custard or pudding. It could be sweet and generally served as dessert like they do in the US and has remained popular since then. There are savory pies on the other hand, that are served as a main course or appetizer. In Italy, pie or pizza consists in its most basic form of a spread dough covered with tomatoes and mozzarella cheese and baked in an oven. Today we see pies crusted at the bottom, or top only, some both on top and bottom and, as with deep-dish pies, only a top crust. Crusts can be made of a variety of mixtures including short crust pastry, puff pastry, cookie crumbs, meringue and even, as with shepherd's pie, mashed potatoes. On this pie, I'll be using mashed potatoes on top and spinach, egg and salmon fillet at the bottom filled with creamy vegetables and cheese.Read more »