Quest35970 Double Deep Fill Pie Maker/Features Built-In Crimping Edge & Separate Pastry Cutter/Makes Pies 9cm Diameter/Non-Stick Plates / 700W

I have looked at these for a while and decided to give it a go , for the price it’s a good kit. It is easy to use just pre heat and then place pastry in base add filling place top on brush with a little milk and close. As I am cooking filling fresh I found it only needed 8 minutes to cook pie. Pastry comes out very crispy with a good colour. Contents were hot. Easy to wipe down for cleaning, only thing I can criticise is the green ready light is hard to see. This gives a good saving in electricity against having to run an oven for same amount of food.Would recommend

This was an eye opener. Never would i have thought if buying an item such as this, but after seeing an example in you tube, i decided, for the price, why not? An amazing machine. I plugged it into my watt meter, cut some tortilla circles with the provided cutter, filled them with left over veg, and within 10 to 12 minutes, the pies were piping hot done. Tested with a thermometer, all good, checked the power usage, o.o7kw. i think that's about 3 pence. Brilliant, highly, highly recommended.

I had a previous pie maker a few years back that made terrible pies so I returned it and did without. Decided to give it another go. This time is different. This pie maker makes excellent pies. They aren't very big though which is fine by me as my appetite isn't what it used to be. Others might need two.First effort was cheese and home made caramelised onion chutney and it came out perfectly. Lidl shortcrust. The pastry spreads - trim using kitchen scissors once cooked. Overfill to ensure the pie top touches the top of the machine and bakes. Remember to oil before use. And fill it cold - do not preheat then add the pastry or you will burn your fingers. Should take about 10 minutes to cook from cold.

It is very hard to get a decent gluten free pie so couldnt wait to try this when it arrived yesterday ( a day earlier than expected ) Very easy to use although I did find it better to use the small side of the included cutter for both top and bottom as the large side left a ring of pastry around it This time I used ready roll pastry and was easily able to make 5 pies with one roll ( could probably made 6 with a bit of rerolling ) * mins and they were ready to eat and delicious Now my sister and two daughters are putting in orders for them and I cant wait to experiment with different pastries and fillings

When using this for the first time, I used the cutter as stated. The large side for the pie base and small side for the top. However, the base of the pie was too big and spread out so there was overlapping edges which I then trimmed off. Next time I used the small cutting edge for both top and bottom of pie. This worked perfect. The photo shows the pies in front are done with the small cutter and the back were the first ones that are trimmed.I adjusted the timings too. They only needed 4 minutes to cook perfectly. Also flaky pastry works better than short pastry.The first pies had an apple filling and the second were vegetable. There were enough to put in the freezer for another time.I love this pie maker. It is easy to use and clean after. It will get well used.

The pie's are rather small but nice and deep.

You bet! Side by side, a steak and gravy pie and a black cherry pie.Using supermarket shortcrust pastry for the base and puff pastry for the top, it was all perfectly cooked in just10 minutes.And easy cleaning - just a wipe with a sponge and paper towel was all that was needed.Brilliant pie maker. Thanks for this!

Recent purchase but what a great machine, basically a toasted sandwich maker for pies but gives great results.I did read some reviews and took a couple of things on board, firstly I added the pies in when cold then switched it on to cook, may seem small but I found the pastry difficult to handle adding to it when hot. Even when batch cooking I have allowed a while for it to cool between goes. Lightly oiled the plates, actually may not be necessary, it is very non stick, but helps with colour.Others have said difficult to remove, no issues, cook until golden and ease out with a knife under the rim, no problem at all in needing to up end a hot cooker.Also as per earlier comments I do think the pies are a little small, however, that may be more of a reflection of me than the machine! Even as a simple man I found a resolution to this, have two pies, marvellous! Pretty sure it is why it is a two pie machine.Enjoy.