11 Savoury Pies and Pastries for Cooler Evenings

This collection of 11 Savoury Pies and Pastries for Cooler Evenings is perfect for the first week you want the oven on again. There are British pies with mash and pastry tops, Turkish boreks, two quiches and a tray of sausage rolls in here, and most of them can be made ahead and reheated. The slow one is at number 11, so plan that one for the weekend. Save this list for the rest of autumn.

Easy Cottage Pie

Minced beef is cooked slowly with vegetables, port and stock, then topped with cheesy mash and baked. It takes about two and a half hours, most of it simmering on the hob. It is a Sunday job, and the leftovers reheat well.

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Air Fryer Mini Sausage Rolls

mini sausage rolls served with tartar sauce on the side — Ayla Clulee

Sausage meat is mixed with onion, garlic, fennel seeds and herbs, rolled in ready-made puff pastry and cooked in the air fryer for 25 minutes. They are good hot or cold. Make a double batch and put some in the lunchboxes.

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Creamy Fish Pie

a plate of fish pie served with butternut squash and green veggies — Ayla Clulee

Fish pie mix and peas are cooked in a creamy leek sauce, then topped with cheddar mash and baked. It takes 50 minutes from start to finish. There is dill and tarragon in the sauce, and the leek does the job an onion normally would.

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Cheese Borek

Three cheeses, halloumi, feta and kasar, are mixed with parsley, dill and mint and folded into filo triangles. They take 45 minutes and the unbaked ones keep in the freezer for up to three months. Number 7 is the meat version, made in yufka instead.

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Mince Beef Pie, 40 Minutes

minced beef pie freshly baked — Ayla Clulee

Minced beef is cooked with onion, green pepper and tomato, then baked inside a soft yoghurt pastry. The whole thing takes 40 minutes, which is quick for a pie. Number 11 is the slow-cooked one, if you have an afternoon free.

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Salmon and Spinach Quiche

Salmon quiche with spinach. — Ayla Clulee

Fresh salmon and spinach sit in a creamy egg custard with Gruyère inside a homemade butter crust. It takes around an hour and 40 minutes, including resting the pastry. Serve it warm or cold with a green salad.

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Kiymali Borek

Spiced minced beef and onion are wrapped in yufka parcels and baked for about half an hour. The parcels freeze well, so make a double batch while you are at it. Number 9 is the vegetarian one made the same way.

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Leftover Turkey Pot Pie with Homemade Shortcrust

Cooked turkey is mixed with mushrooms, carrot and a creamy thyme sauce, then baked under a homemade shortcrust lid. It takes an hour, and leftover roast chicken works in it the same way. Keep it in mind for December.

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Spinach and Feta Pie Recipe

spinach and feta pie- ispanakli peynirli borek served with tomatoes and parsley — Ayla Clulee

Spinach, feta and onion are wrapped in fresh yufka parcels and baked, and the whole thing takes 55 minutes. It is vegetarian and works warm or at room temperature. Two slides left, and both are proper pies with a pastry lid.

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Air Fryer Quiche Lorraine

A quiche with bacon and cheese in a pan — Ayla Clulee

A homemade shortcrust base is filled with bacon, Gruyère, cheddar and a cream custard, then baked in the air fryer. It takes an hour and there is no oven to preheat. It is good for lunch the next day too.

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Steak Pie

steak and mushroom pie recipe — Ayla Clulee

Braising steak is cooked slowly with mushrooms, dried porcini, carrot and thyme until the gravy is thick, then baked under a shortcrust top. It takes about three and a half hours, most of it unattended. This is the one to make on a Sunday afternoon.

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