[Lardman]

Me  and now I need to make some more. 

Your suggestions please for proper winter savoury pies and their pastry. 

Since a certain TV chef stated banging on about "mothership" roasts, prices of large chunks of meat have gone up 35%  Im in need of more cost effective pie fillings than the leftover joint.

[arugula]

"mothership" roasts

  I wonder who you mean.

I like a good old chicken pie, chicken and ham, chicken and mushroom or chicken and leek.. Or you could make a suet pudding. You can always buy cheaper cuts of beef  such as shin, which will be cooked to tender with the long cooking time.

[Kleftiwallah]

Both me and my beloved love offal, but now the beggers are saying how wonderfully under used these items are.  No doupt the prices are going up shortly. . .

Cheers,   Tony.

[Lardman]

I like a good old chicken pie

Shortcrust, flakey or puff - pot pie or proper with a bottom.  I worry about soggy bottoms with chicken and white sauce pies.

You can always buy cheaper cuts of beef  such as shin, which will be cooked to tender with the long cooking time.

Supermarket meat only 

[madcat]

The co-op sells good quality shin ...  I sometimes buy it when it has been marked down.   

[spottymint]

Morri's sells cheaper cut's, unlike the other big boy's who only sell the "best".

Beef in Sain's is extortionate.

[Auntiemogs]

I buy my beef joints when they are on half price and stash them in the freezer Lardy.  Managed to fit 8lbs beef plus veg into my slow cooker for a pie making day last week.  So, we ate the pies too (and very nice they were). 

For my family pies, pastry nice and thick and on the top only.  Recipe from my Gran's old BeRo book.  1lb SR Flour, 4oz butter, 4 oz Cookeen or Trex. 

[Mrs Bee]

Sausage and bean pies, or use beans as a filler with the meat.

Sausage meat with diced stilton and walnuts, wrapped in puff pastry like a giant sausage roll.

Or do a vegetable pie with cheese and ditch the meat altogether.

Morri..... does a reasonable whole turkey leg which I use the thigh as a small roast and cook the drums to use in turkey, bacon and mushroom pie with creme fraiche.

Bacon joints are reasonably priced to do a leek and bacon pie. I always soak the joint first to get rid of too much salt.

Or go a shooting for pigeons and rabbits

I get packs of frozen game pieces from the cash and carry too.

You could vary the pastry too by using suet, short crust, or potato  pastry.
2 pastry recipes I like to use are as follows.

Mustard shortcrust
225g plain flour
50g butter
50g lard
2 tabs water
2 tabs ready made whole grain mustard
Seasoning. Make with usual method, wrap and chill in fridge for at least half an hour to rest. Can use for a top or top and bottom.

Potato pastry
175 SR flour
125g butter
175 cold mashed potato
seasoning
Rub butter into the flour, bind with the mashed potato, wrap and leave to rest for 15 mins. Use to top a pie.