Sausage Pie

Sausage Pie
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Pie Crust:
3 cups and 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
17 tbsp cold butter
0.75 cup ice water
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp sugar

Filling:
Sausage
Red and yellow bell pepper, chopped
1/8 kg shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 cup fresh cream
Olive oil
1 red onion, chopped
Salt, pepper, paprika

Method:
For the crust:
Mix the dry ingredients
Cut the butter into really small pieces, put on flour mixture
Rub and blend in the butter until it forms soft yellow crumbs (no lumps)
Add the water and make into a dough
Cut third the dough out, wrap each in plastic and refrigerate for 30 mins

For the filling:
In a pan, heat olive oil then add the sausage, pepper and onions
Add salt, pepper and paprika
Cook until pepper is tender
Add fresh cream
Cook for 5 minutes
Add shredded cheddar
Mix well, leave on low heat for 5 minutes

On a flour-covered surface, roll out the 2/3rd of the dough to the size of what you're cooking in
Fold gently
Grease what you're cooking in with butter then coat with flour (Remove excess flour)
Put the dough in, unfold it into the sides
Add the filling
Roll out the third the same way and put it on top
Fold in the edges of the pie, make an opening in the middle
Brush egg whites on top
Preheat oven to 200C
Put in the pie for about 30 minutes or until golden brown
Leave to sit in a warm area (covered) for 15 minutes before serving