Stargazy pie
A British pie where fish gaze skyward
Think of it as: Like a fish gratin under a pastry lid, with the fish peeking out
The fish are staring back.
What does it taste like?
Flaky pastry with salty sardines and rich cream. Less funky than it looks.
SweetSpicySourSaltyFunkSmellTextureFlaky and tender
What is it?
A pie with sardine heads poking out of the crust, gazing up at the sky (and the stars). It's eaten on December 23 for a festival tied to a fishing-village legend.Source: Wikipedia
How locals eat it
Eaten in the Cornish village of Mousehole on Tom Bawcock's Eve, December 23.
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Ingredients
- Sardines 6–8
- Puff pastry sheets 2
- Potatoes 2
- Hard-boiled eggs 3
- Bacon 4 slices
- Heavy cream 100 ml
Can't find it? Use regular sardines if you can't get pilchards.
How to make it (one way)
- Gut and debone the sardines, leaving the heads on
- Line a pie dish with pastry and layer on sliced potato, boiled egg and bacon
- Arrange the sardines like spokes of a wheel, heads pointing outward
- Pour over the cream and cover with the second sheet, leaving only the heads poking out
- Bake at 200°C for 40 minutes
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