Adding the filling, Cooking the pies

Making pies in your Sunbeam Pie Magic continued

Place the pastry base in the preheated pie maker and carefully press into the base. See Figure 4.

Spoon your pre-cooked filling into the pastry base. Use a level ¹/³ metric cup of filling, per pie. Do not overfill your pies.

Figure 4

Caution: Only touch the pastry as the pie maker will be very hot.

Adding the filling.

Any ingredients you have in your kitchen, left-overs and canned food make tempting pie fillings.

Pre-cook your pie fillings, particularly if using fresh meat or vegetable ingredients. Ingredients such as fruit and canned food can be used without pre-cooking.

Ensure all ingredients are cut into small and even pieces to allow them to heat through.

Note: Do not use liquid ingredients such as sauces, gravies and custard on their own or in large amounts, as they will overflow and make the pastry soggy. Always combine with solid ingredients. Also do not use hot fillings as the pastry base will become soggy.

¹⁄³ ¹⁄³

Do not overfill. Use a level ¹/³ metric cup.

Caution: Do not overfill your pie cases or have excess liquid ingredients (sauces, gravies, custards). This will result in overflow from the pie maker. Pie filling is hot and can scald.

Cooking the pies.

Place the pastry tops over the filling and close the lid. Cook the pies for approximately 5-6 minutes. If you prefer extra browning, we recommend you cook for 8 minutes.

Caution: During cooking, open the pie maker slowly and carefully, as excess pie filling may overflow and can scald.

Tip: Fruit or vegetable fillings won’t take as long to heat and cook through as meat fillings.

Note: During cooking you may notice a whistling sound. This is due to steam escaping from the pies.

Remove your pies using a plastic utensil.

DO NOT USE METAL UTENSILS AS THESE WILL SCRATCH THE NON-STICK SURFACE. Wipe the plates clean after making each pie.