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Spider pies recipe

Spider pies recipe

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Kids and adults alike will be amazed by these scary vegetarian pies, stuffed with tomato, salad cheese, potatoes, and butter beans. The creepy pastry spiders are perfect for Halloween and each pie costs less than £1 to make, so serve up a Halloween feast for the whole family that's tasty and on budget! See method

  • Serves 4
  • 35 mins to prepare and 25 mins to cook
  • 537 calories / serving
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 red onion, finely sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 227g tin chopped tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée
  • 250g Charlotte potatoes, quartered
  • 210g tin butter beans, drained and rinsed
  • 15g dill, finely chopped
  • 100g reduced-fat salad cheese, crumbled
  • 375g pack lighter ready-rolled shortcrust pastry
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 8 currants
If you don't have red onions, try using white, brown or spring onions

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    2250kj
    537kcal     27%

  • Fat

    27g 38%

  • Saturates

    10g 52%

  • Sugars

    8g 9%

  • Salt

    0.9g 15%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 58.5g Protein 15.2g Fibre 5.6g

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to gas 6, 200°C, fan 180°C. Heat the oil in a large lidded saucepan over a medium heat, add the onion and cook for 5 mins, stirring occasionally, until soft. Add the garlic and cook for 1 min. Stir in the vinegar, chopped tomatoes, tomato purée and 200ml water. Add the potatoes, stir, then cover with the lid and cook for 10 mins. Add the butter beans and dill, then increase the heat to medium-high and cook, uncovered, for 3-4 mins until the sauce thickens.
  2. Divide the filling between 4 round ovenproof pie dishes, 6cm deep x 8cm wide. Crumble over the cheese.
  3. Unroll the pastry and carefully cut out 4 circles the same size as the top of each pie dish. Top the pies with a pastry disc and press down the edges to secure.
  4. Halve the remaining pastry. Use one half to create 4 egg-shaped balls (about 2.5cm thick and 5cm long) for the spider bodies and 4 smaller balls for the heads. Use the remaining pastry to make 8 spider legs (about 1cm thick and 8cm long) for each pie.
  5. Brush the tops of the pies with the beaten egg, then top each one with 8 legs, starting in the middle and hanging the legs over the edge. Position a body and head on top of the legs, pressing them down gently onto the pastry. Brush with more of the egg wash, then add the currants for eyes. Place on a baking tray and bake for 20-25 mins until the pastry is golden and cooked through.

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