Aibu to use pastry that is 3 days out of date

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It's puff pastry and smells fine
It's jus roll stuff

I would....it will be fine

Wish me luck

I would use it. pastry goes a bit gloopy if it isn't at it's best

I hate waste and want to make a cheat chicken pie

It'll be fine.

I've just taken a pack out of the freezer that's been there for months and is past its sell by date.

Absolutely fine.

Ust it.

I would.

Or I might chuck it in the freezer. By the time I come to use it, I will have forgotten that it was 3 days out of date and eat it without worrying

I used jus roll puff pastry that was a week out of date for my chicken pie last night. I’m still here to tell the tale.

I often have pastry lurking in the freezer that I never know how long it is been there,.btw how do you cheat making a chicken pie?

I’ve tried this before with mixed results. Basically, you have to try a bit of the raw pastry first- if it tastes fizzy, then it’s defo a no. If it just tastes of nothing much, then you should be ok.

MrsJayy, I think there's a Jamie Oliver recipe where he uses a tin of cream of mushroom soup instead of making a butter/flour/onion/mushroom concoction from scratch.

Oo thank you will check it out 😀

I've been meaning to try it too 😀

It’s fine .

I often use it when it is a lot longer out of date than that and have never poisoned anyone, pastry from the fridge, not the freezer that is.

However, I only use ready made with butter, not the claggy and nasty palm oil stuff so don't know if that makes a difference.

If I don't use it within a day or so it usually gets put in the freezer but sometimes I forget to freeze it.

So the pastry was fine!!

Re the cheat pie

I am known for making my pie from total scratch which means boiling and shredding a whole bloody chicken

Then a chicken white sauce made from the stock of sieved chicken soup that chicken was boiled in!

Takes about 4 hours and is usually eaten in 20 mins or less

I use Parmesan white wine tarragon etc

This was made by frying thighs in the pan with mushrooms leeks peas etc

Delish

Boiling and shredding a whole chicken

This BBC Good Food Chicken Pie recipe is my go to recipe and adults and kids all love it.

@ShumpaLumpa

Love that it uses thighs

Let me find a photo of my famous "mamma Gs Chicken pie"

I do chicken, ham and leek after a roast Iwouldn't be boiling a chicken just for a pie!

Do share the recipe for mamma G's pie (as long as I don't have to shred a whole boiled chicken )

Ok
So I can't find a photo had to get a new phone last week when mine broke and I didn't back up..
Recipe is

One free range chicken
Carrot x2/3 but make sure they are fresh
Onions x 2
Bay leaf
Parmesan rind
Parsley
Whole garlic bulb top chopped off
Loads of Maldon salt

Throw all of this into a pan cover the chicken three quarters with water leave top sticking out
Cover with lid
Boil and then bring to simmer for 75 mins

Take chicken out and leave to cool to a temp you can tolerate

Take out all veg leaves and debris from pan

Drain stock through a sieve keep to side

Shred chicken put in a bowl

Pie

Puff or shortcrust pre made pastry
Emental Parmesan and gruyere
Butter
Flour some
Chicken stock you made earlier
Smoked bacon streaky
Leeks
Mushrooms
Fresh tarragon
White wine
Dried mushrooms porcini

(All in one large non stock pan do this)

Heat a pan with olive oil
Fry bacon with garlic
In pan melt leeks
Add mushrooms
Cook
Add wine & cook off alcohol
Add butter
Add flour make a sort of roux
Stretch with stock
Make dried porcini into dust
Add chicken stir through
Add all of the cheeses
Add Taragon

Stir through and check seasoning

Put in pie dish
top with the pastry
Bake

Any left over stock make into a Chinese soup for tomorrow dinner

I love cooking I'm going to make a thread looking for people to upload pics of some of their proudest food

Here is a lochshun style soup i made with the left overs

Well the ingredients for

I’ve taken a screen shot- sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing