Aunt Netty's Impossible Pies

Netty told me about her famous 'Impossible Pies' at Christmas this year. The rasberries in London are so fresh and cheap (only 1 pound for a box near uni - I will often just buy them as a snack) - I will definitely be trying the impossible rasberry flan.

IMPOSSIBLE RASPBERRY FLAN 

Serves 6

2 Cups frozen raspberries or any other fresh/frozen berries
3 eggs
50g butter melted
½ cup plain flour
1½ cups milk
¾ cup sugar
1 cup desiccated coconut
2 teaspoons grated orange rind
1 teaspoon vanilla

Thaw raspberries. Place all ingredients except fruit into bowl of food processor. Process until combined. Place raspberries over the base of a round 20cm ovenproof dish or quiche dish. Pour . mixture over. Bake at 280 degrees C fo 50 minutes or until set.

FRUITY IMPOSSIBLE PIE

4 eggs
125g butter melted
½ cup plain flour
2 cups milk
1 cup sugar
1 cup desiccated coconut
2 teaspoons vanilla
415g can fruit diced and drained.

Beat all ingredients except fruit in a large bowl until smooth. Fold in fruit
Pour into a 23cm pie dish.
Bake in moderate oven (180C) for 40-45 minutes or until firm
Serve hot with ice-cream or custard.

SAVOURY IMPOSSIBLE PIE4 eggs
125g butter melted
½ cup plain flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
2 cups milk

FILLINGS
200g can tuna or salmon drained
½ cup grated cheese, q/2 cup parsley

Or

Bacon, tomato, diced onion

Or

asparagus, cooked macaroni and cheese

METHOD

Blend all ingredients together and pour mixture into 25cm greased pie plate. Place pie plate in a baking dish with some hot water to half depth of pie plate. Bake 180C for 1 hour or until firm.

These is of course the kind of recipe you can mix up and put whatever you like in them.  I would like to try the savoury pie with mushrooms and feta. Mmmm.