I got into the idea of pie making a few months ago and have made several attempts at different things. This above is chicken pie. It is encased in shortcrust pastry, the filling is chicken, leek, carrots, peas and canned button mushrooms. Seasoned with chicken stock, white wine, bay leaves and parsley, plus the usual salt, pepper and sugar.

First time I made it in a gigantic pie dish, and there was too much sauce, making it all runny. This time round there was less sauce, and I think it dried out by the next day. I also made it out in individual pie pans, and previously I had Vyanne to roll out the pastry for me. I wasn’t quite sure how to roll out the dough, so as you can see from the picture, it looked like a cracked mess that is about to fall apart.

I enjoy cooking, although it doesn’t always come intuitively to me. Learn bits and pieces each time I attempt something new.

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Was browsing Luminous Landscape and what an amazing place Iceland is, despite its name. There is the running joke that Iceland is not icy, neither is Greenland green. I am envious of people who can take time to go off the beaten track to see beautiful landscapes. Heh, the closest I can get to such beauty is in the south island of New Zealand. I’d like to try that some time soon in the future.

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The days go by quickly, and I don’t seem to accomplish very much during the day. Need to find a reason to sleep late, and wake up early. Need to have the drive to do things. There are plenty of trivial setbacks from day to day, which I don’t complain about and happily live with, but I should take it to the next level and work my way around these setbacks to get things done.

And it’s off to study I go.