The Great American Pot Pie

From an email:

The Ultimate Fall Comfort Meal: Flake into a warm golden crust for National Great American Pot Pie Day! Packed with tender chicken or beef, diced carrots, peas, and rich savory gravy tucked inside a buttery pastry shell, pot pies are the quintessential comfort dish for a crisp autumn evening.

I believe that basically a pot pie is a pie stuffed with meat and vegetables.

Here are some threads I found about pies with meat:



https://permies.com/t/265938/Meat-Pies-share




https://permies.com/t/226634/Pie




https://permies.com/t/161941/Forming-raised-pies



I also found this YouTube by Alton Brown on pies:

I love to make pot pies with pourable crusts to make them even easier.  I cook for gluten free family members and this is similar to the crust I use (scroll down past the pot pie recipe to the topping recipe).  For the insides, I do something similar to hers but just wing it -- lots of veggies, chopped cooked potatoes, a protein of some sort, mushrooms and herbs, leftovers, whatever in a creamy homemade sauce.  I got these little tart dishes for 90% off after Thanksgiving at Michael's one year and my kids especially love having their own little pot pie.  :)

Alicia, those pies look delicious. And I like the idea of using a pour-able crust.

My favorite pot pie is made with chicken.

Mmm, pot pie. So good! And reminiscent of medieval dishes where everything was served with trenchers. There were plenty of pot pies then too. Here's a medieval pork pot pie: https://medievalcooking.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/bake-mete-pye/ and here's one with an entire game hen: https://altonbrown.com/recipes/medieval-game-hen-pot-pie/.