Four perfect picnic pie recipes — theguardian.com

Bacon and egg pie is an absolute New Zealand staple. It featured heavily in my youth because my mother is from New Zealand, and this always came on picnics with us, wrapped in newspaper, to keep it hot until lunchtime. Ready-made puff pastry is fine. I eat this simply, with chutney or ketchup, but a salad would help stretch the pie further. 1 small knob butter, for greasing 200g puff pastry 5 eggs 5 rashers back bacon, rinds removed (I like smoked) Salt and black pepper

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