British

Bacon and Egg Pie

Name: Bacon and Egg Pie
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 6 slices bacon; 6 eggs; 1 onion; 2 pie crust; 1/2 cup shredded cheddar; 2 tbsp milk; 1/4 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Simon @simon_roasts

Bacon and Egg Pie is British home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

55 min Medium

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

6 slices bacon
6 eggs
1 onion
2 pie crust
1/2 cup shredded cheddar
2 tbsp milk
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Heat the oven to 375F.
Cook the diced bacon and onion in a skillet until the onion is soft, about 6 minutes, then cool slightly.
Line a pie dish with one pie crust and scatter over the bacon, onion, and cheddar.
Crack the eggs over the filling, keeping the yolks whole, and season with salt and pepper.
Top with the second crust, sealing and trimming the edges, and brush with the milk.
Bake until the pastry is golden and the eggs are set, about 35 minutes.

Watch how to cook Bacon and Egg Pie

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A British dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Bacon and Egg Pie, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Cauliflower Cheese
  
  40 min
What it is eaten with
- British Mashed Potatoes
  
  30 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Bacon and Egg Pie carries dairy, gluten, and eggs. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Bacon and Egg Pie
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Chicken Salad with New Potatoes
Gluten	Yes	Bubble and Squeak
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Bubble and Squeak
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 560 kcal
Protein: 18 g
Carbs: 28 g
Fat: 42 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 560 mg
Saturated fat: 16 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Bacon and Egg Pie takes about 55 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.