Skillet Pot Pie

Last night, I made a veggie pot pie in my cast iron skillet.  I took inspiration from a recipe from Southern Living that made one of the best apple pies ever, you can find a similar apple pie recipe here.  It was fast, delicious, and could easily be adapted for meat eaters by adding some chicken or turkey chunks.

Here is the recipe:

2 frozen pie crusts, thawed
3 tbsp olive oil, divided (2 for sauteing veggies, 1 for under pie crust)
2 onions, chopped
1 shallot, minced
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp Italian seasoning
salt
pepper
10 3/4 oz can Cream of Onion soup (choose any cream soup you like, mushroom or potato would be good)
1/4 cup milk
2 29 oz cans Veg-All, drained (substitute fresh veggies of your choice and saute them on your own if you desire)
15 oz can Great Northern Beans, rinsed and drained

1.  Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2.  Warm 2 tbsp oil in cast iron skillet over medium heat.  Saute onions and shallots until translucent and tender.  Add garlic, salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning and saute about 2 minutes more.
3.  Add soup and milk directly into skillet with onion mixture. Stir to combine.
4.  Add Veg-All and beans to skillet and heat through.  Add more salt and pepper to taste.  Remove from heat.
5.  Remove pot pie filling from skillet into a large bowl.  Wipe down skillet with a wet paper towel to remove any residue from the filling.  Caution: skillet will still be hot.  Do not rinse under water.
6.  Coat bottom of clean skillet with 1 tbsp olive oil.  Place one of the thawed crusts in the bottom of the hot skillet.
7.  Add filling back into skillet on top of crust.  Cover filling with remaining pie crust.  Use fingers to spread crust out to edges of skillet to cover all of the filling.  Use a knife to cut holes in the top crust to allow steam to escape.
8.  Place in oven for 35-40 minutes or until crust begins to brown.
9.  Remove from oven and allow to coll for 10 minutes before serving.

I had a little garlic butter spread in the fridge so I melted some and brushed it on top when I pulled it out of the oven.  Not necessary but it gave the top crust a little extra flavor.

Eat well!
Otto