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May's cocktail pie - Bellini Vegetarian Sausage Rolls

Bellinis (nowadays) typically contain Prosecco and peach purée.

My sausage rolls have a Prosecco and blue cheese sausage, with a peach and sage jam, wrapped up in puff pastry - and there’s a bunch of other good stuff in there too, making these about the heartiest veggie sausage rolls I’ve ever had!

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2025-pies/bellini-vegetarian-sausage-rolls/

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A photo from above of a plate of vegetarian sausage rolls, with two champagne flutes containing Bellini cocktails next to it, all sitting on a brown wooden background. The sausage rolls have golden pastry with three little cuts across the top and a very meaty looking brown filling. The Bellinis are light-peach coloured with white foam top.

A close-up photo of a plate of vegetarian sausage rolls, with the bottom edge of some champagne flutes containing Bellinis in the top corner, all sitting on a brown wooden background. The sausage rolls have golden pastry with three little cuts across the top and a very meaty looking brown filling. The Bellinis are light-peach coloured with some peach pulp at the bottom.

April's cocktail pie - Strawberry Mojito Impossible Pie

I was feeeeling strawberries this month, so I've gone for a Strawberry Mojito - made with white rum, lime juice, mint, strawberries, sugar and soda water.

My pie is a self-crusting(!) rum and lime custard pie, piled high with fresh strawberries and mint, and drizzled with a mint-lime glaze.

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2025-pies/strawberry-mojito-impossible-pie/

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A rectangular photo of a pie and two cocktails sitting on a white wooden background. The pie is a golden-brown colour below a huge pile of bright red strawberries, with green mint leaves poking out between strawberries; there is a light-coloured glaze on top with a few pieces of chopped mint mixed in. The cocktails are light-pink coloured sparkling liquids in low-ball glasses, with strawberry quarters and mint leaves mixed in.

A rectangular photo of a pie, two cocktails, two plates with pie pieces and a fork and spoon sitting on a white wooden background. The pie is a golden-brown colour below a huge pile of bright red strawberries, with green mint leaves poking out between strawberries; there is a light-coloured glaze on top with a few pieces of chopped mint mixed in. It is missing a quarter, which is the slices on the plates - although only one is really shown, as the other disappears out of shot. The cocktails are light-pink coloured sparkling liquids in low-ball glasses, with strawberry quarters and mint leaves mixed in.

March's cocktail pie - Diesel (Snake) Bites

A Snake Bite contains equal parts cider and lager. To make it a Diesel you splash in some blackcurrant cordial.

For my bites, I’ve gone for a cider-and-lager pulled pork with a blackcurrant barbecue sauce, all wrapped up in pasty pastry.

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2025-pies/diesel-snake-bites/

P.S. Damn right I'm proud to have knocked out March's pie in time for pi day this year 😂

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A photo of a plate with a pile of small semi-circle pie bites on it next to a pint glass with a drink in it. The bites are a shiny golden-brown, with little fork ridges along their edges. The drink is a light purple color with a white beer head. They sit on a brown wooden background.

A photo of a plate with small semi-circle pie bites on it, with one at the front pulled open to expose its filling. The bites are a shiny golden-brown, with little fork ridges along their edges. The open one shows a red/brown pulled pork inside, and a nice pasty pastry with some layers but also enough strength to it not to crumble when pulled apart. The plate sits on a brown wooden background.

February's cocktail pie - Snowflake Margarita Tart

A Snowflake Margarita contains tequila, cointreau, fresh passion fruit and cinnamon syrup.

For my tart, I've gone for a blood-orange sweet shortcrust with a tequila, blood orange and cinnamon filling, crème-fraîche whipped cream top, and passion-fruit curd and fruit garnish.

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2025-pies/snowflake-margarita-tart/

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A square photo from above of a tart sitting on a plate next to two cocktails. The tart has a golden shortcrust case and a whipped-cream topping made up of lots of stars piped closely together. This is decorated with some passion-fruit seeds and wee blobs of yellow passion-fruit curd, then sprinkled all over with some orange zest. The cocktails are two light-orange translucent drinks in Nick and Nora glasses with orange-peel garnish on the glass. They all sit on a white wooden background.

A rectangular photo of the same tart, seen from the side looking downwards. You can see the decoration a bit more - piped stars of whipped cream, with blobs of yellow curd, passion-fruit seeds, and orange zest.

January's cocktail pie - Kalimotxo Sausage Pie

Ringing in another year of cocktail pies with a Kalimotxo, a drink combining red wine and coca cola.

For my pie, I’ve combined peppery Cumberland sausages with a warmly-spiced red wine and traditional cola gravy, topped with mashed potato.

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2025-pies/kalimotxo-sausage-pie/

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A rectangular photo of a potato-topped pie in a rectangular dish and two drinks in glasses, all sitting on a dark wooden background. The potato topping is covered in ridges, the high-points of which are golden. The drinks are dark red in colour, and each have a lemon wedge in them.

A rectangular photo of a potato-topped pie in a rectangular dish, two drinks in glasses, and two bowls with portions of the pie in them, all sitting on a dark wooden background. The top of the pie is covered in ridges, the tops of which are golden. A rectangle of the pie has been taken from its dish to put in the bowls, exposing a brown gravy and pieces of carrot, celery and onion inside. In the bowls there is the same mixture, and some sausages can be seen poking through. The drinks are dark red in colour, and each have a lemon wedge in them.

Pie Chart 2024

Another year of making a pie based on a cocktail every month!

Rob Roy; Rose; Saturn; Revolver; Spicy Watermelon Margarita; Mint Julep; St-Germain; Espresso Martini; Sangria; Kentucky Pear; Sherry Cobbler; Christmas in Manhattan

Already planning my 2025 pies...

Recipes: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2024-pies/

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A 3 x 4 grid of square flat-lay photos of pies next to cocktails.
Left-right, top-bottom:
- An individual pie sat on a bed of mashed potato with a cream sauce, next to a dark red cocktail with cherry garnish
- Two individual berry pies on a plate, next to a light red cocktail
- A golden pie with mixed balls of yellow, orange and red on top, next to a cloudy yellow cocktail with lemon and cherry garnish
- A cast iron containing a dark brown stew with cobbler top of individual golden circles, next to a small brown cocktail
- A quiche, next to a pink cocktail with lime wheel and watermelon slice garnish
- Two individual chocolate-filled pies on a plate, next to a light brown cocktail with mint-sprig garnish
- Three rectangular golden hand-pies on an oblong plate, next to a clear sparkling cocktail in a champagne glass
- A pie with chocolate crust and light brown cream topping with a swirl of dark brown sauce on top, next to a dark brown cocktail
- A golden pastry-topped pie with four slits cut in it, next to two dark red cocktails with fruit garnish
- Eight individual sausage rolls with golden puff pastry on a plate, next to two cloudy yellow cocktails with pear slice garnish
- A pile of round individual pastries on a plate, with three slits each and a dark fruit filling visible inside, next to a clear yellow cocktail with large orange slice garnish
- A golden pie with a cherry topping surrounded by pastry fir trees, next to two brown cocktails with cherry garnish

December's cocktail pie - Christmas in Manhattan Pie

A Christmas in Manhattan contains bourbon, vermouth, ango and white creme de cacao.

My pie is a sweet shortcrust pastry, with white chocolate cheesecake filling, topped with Manhattan cherry compote.

That'll about do to see in the New Year, eh!

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2024-pies/christmas-in-manhattan-pie/

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A rectangular photo of a pie, with two cocktails to its top right, on a white wooden background. The pie has a golden brown crust, decorated with little pastry fir trees all around, surrounding a dark-red cherry topping. The cocktails are two whisky-coloured drinks in rocks glasses with one large ice-cube each and a cherry garnish on a golden cocktail stick.

2) A close-up square photo of the same pie and cocktails. The pie is cut open to expose the filling - it is a creamy white layer below the topping. There is some sauce, crumbs, and spare pastry fir trees in the pie dish.

November's cocktail pie - Sherry Cobbler 'Pasties'

My November pies are a wee tribute to Margaret, my partner’s grandma, who used to make ‘date pasties’ with her mother in Yorkshire and who made them herself for many years.

I flavoured mine like a Sherry Cobbler, with a date, raisin and sherry filling wrapped in an orange rough-puff pastry.

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2024-pies/sherry-cobbler-pasties/

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1. A photo of a plate with round puff-pastry pastries next to a cocktail, sitting on a brown wooden background. The pastries are lightly golden, with sugar sprinkled on top. Each has three slits cut in the top, through which a dark dried-fruit filling is visible. The cocktail is a light amber-coloured liquid in a high-ball glass filled with crushed ice, with an orange slice garnish.

2. A similar photo of the pastries and cocktail, this time taken at a lower angle and a bit closer to the pastries so that you see more of the sides of them and the drink. The pastries are about an inch tall.

October's cocktail pie - Kentucky Pear Sausage Rolls

A Kentucky Pear is a proper autumn special of bourbon, pear and cognac liqueur, pear juice and apple juice.

My sausage rolls are made of an apple and caramelised shallot sausage sitting on a pear and bourbon sauce, wrapped up in puff pastry. Great picnic food for a leafy walk 🍂

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2024-pies/kentucky-pear-sausage-rolls/

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A photo taken from above of two cocktails and a plate with eight sausage rolls on it, sitting on a white wooden background. The sausage rolls are golden brown, with three small scores in top of each, and a brown sausage filling. The cocktails are a cloudy apple-juice coloured drink in Nick and Nora glasses with a thin pear slice garnish each.

September's cocktail pie - Sangria Chicken Pie

Double-crusted pie with a red-wine shredded chicken, grape and apple filling.

A summery drink in a cosy autumn pie - I tested this four times and we're still not sick of eating it.

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2024-pies/sangria-chicken-pie/

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A rectangular photo of some food and drinks on a brown wooden background. There is a golden-crusted pie, a bowl with broccoli, a bowl with mashed potato, and two high-ball glasses filled with a red wine-coloured liquid, apple and orange slices, and ice.

A square photo of a golden-crusted pie and two high-ball glasses filled with red wine, apple and orange slices and ice, sitting on a brown wooden background.

August's cocktail pie - Espresso Martini Pie

About time I tried this! An Espresso Martini is very coffee-forward but I wanted to add another element; and coffee and chocolate are always a good match.

I went for a chocolate shortcrust, coffee cake with self-saucing chocolate syrup layer, coffee cream, and butter-chocolate sauce.

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2024-pies/espresso-martini-pie/

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A rectangular photo of a pie, slice of the same pie and the stem of a glass on a white wooden background. The pie has a dark chocolate shortcrust. It is topped with a light-brown cream topping and a dark chocolate sauce swirl on top. The pie has been cut open to expose a mid-brown cake filling, with a layer of dark chocolate sauce at the bottom.

A rectangular photo taken from above of a pie and cocktail on a white wooden background. The pie has a dark chocolate shortcrust. Only the pie's topping is visible, which is a light-brown cream with a dark chocolate sauce swirl on top. The cocktail is a dark brown liquid with light brown foam on top, in a Nick and Nora glass.

July's cocktail pie - St-Germain Slices

St-Germains are a summery spritz of elderflower liqueur, white or sparkling wine, and soda water.

My slices have an elderflower and white-wine chicken filling in a puff-pastry case.

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2024-pies/st-germain-slice/

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A rectangular photo of three golden-brown, rectangular puff-pastry slices sitting on an oblong plate, next to a champagne flute with a white-wine coloured drink in it. The plate is decorated with big blue flowers. They sit on a brown wooden background.

June's (belated) cocktail pie - Mint Julep Tarts

Chocolate biscuit base, bourbon and mint ganache, mint humbug garnish

I was super busy last month, so planned to make something really quick and simple - but then I was never quite happy with it. But, I've finally got there - this is one of my easiest pies to date, definitely low effort / high reward.

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2024-pies/mint-julep-tart/

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A square photo of an individual chocolate tart on a plate, sat next to a mint julep cocktail in a highball glass. The tart has a dark chocolate biscuit crumb case, and is filled with a dark chocolate ganache; on top are some wee brown crystals of boiled sweets. The mint julep is a light-brown liquid over crushed ice, with mint spring garnish. They sit on a white wooden background.

May's cocktail pie - Spicy Watermelon Margarita Quiche

Sweetcorn, watermelon rind and jalapeño quiche, with lime and tequila notes.

Everything is quite subtle, but it blended together well – good for a sunny picnic.

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2024-pies/spicy-watermelon-margarita-quiche/

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A quiche in a pie dish next to a cocktail on a dark wooden background. Little pieces of sweetcorn, watermelon rind and jalapeño are visible in the quiche. The dish is fluted, with two wee curved handles and a painted-blue top. The cocktail is a pink drink in a low-ball glass, filled with ice, with a lime wheel and watermelon slice garnish.

Food and drink on a dark wooden background. In the top right is the quiche from the first photo, with a couple of slices cut out. To the right is a green-leaf salad with cubes of watermelon and feta and balsamic vinegar. To the bottom right is the cocktail. To the bottom left is a plate with a slice of the quiche and some of the salad.

April's cocktail pie - Revolver Cobbler

Based on Jon Santer's fantastic combination of bourbon, coffee liqueur and orange bitters, I made bourbon and coffee beef stew topped with orange and sage biscuits.

This one was simple, hearty, and made me feel like a cowboy for some reason?

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2024-pies/revolver-cobbler/

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A photo of some food and a drink on a white wood-effect background. At the front are two bowls containing a dark brown stew with vegetables and beef, each with two golden American-style biscuits on top. To the top left is a shallow red cast-iron dish the cobbler was cooked in - it contains more stew and biscuits on top. To the top right is a low-ball glass with a dark brown drink in it.

March's cocktail pie - Saturn Simnel Tart

I love simnel cake, mostly for the marzipan - so I knew I wanted an almondy cocktail for a simnel-inspired pie. The orgeat and falernum of a Saturn fit the bill.

Sweet shortcrust; passion fruit and lime curd; candied lemon, lime and ginger; falernum-flavoured frangipane; gin marzipan.

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2024-pies/saturn-simnel-tart/

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A photo of a pie and a cocktail on a dark wooden background, taken from above. The pie is a frangipane-filled sweet shortcrust. It is decorated with wee balls of marzipan in yellow, orange and red colours, with a grid of of white icing over the top. The cocktail is a gingery-yellow coloured drink in a highball glass filled with ice, with a garnish of a hollowed-out lemon peel surrounding a cherry on a cocktail pick (vaguely looking like Saturn and its rings).

A photo of the same pie, seen from above and with about a quarter cut out. The missing slices expose a decorative pie dish, with a bistro-tile print and the letters 'a mode' visible.

February's cocktail pie - Rose Tarts

A Rose cocktail has French dry vermouth, Kirsch and raspberry syrup.

For my tarts I did a sweet shortcrust, lillet blanc crème pâtissière, with raspberries and cherries. Simple, fruity, and - like the cocktail - not an actual rose in sight.

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2024-pies/rose-tart/

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Two individual tarts with raspberries and cherries on top, sitting on two seperate plates on a white wood background.

Two individual tarts with cherries and raspberries arranged decoratively on top sat side by side on a plate, and two Nick and Nora glasses with pinkish-red clear drinks in them, all sat on a white wood background.

January's cocktail pie - Rob Roy Macaroni O

With Burns Night just around the corner, I've been feeling a whisky cocktail - the Rob Roy.

I combined Burns Supper elements with the most Scottish food of all: a macaroni pie.

Hot water crust, haggis and vermouth macaroni, whisky cream sauce.

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2024-pies/rob-roy-macaroni-o-pie/

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An individual open-top pie filled with a dark brown-red filling of macaroni and haggis, sitting on a circle of mashed neeps. A spoon is pouring a creamy sauce on top of the pie. It sits in a plate on a dark wood background.

An individual open-top pie filled with a dark brown-red filling of macaroni and haggis, sitting on a circle of mashed neeps, with a creamy sauce poured over the top and pooling off one side. It is sat next to a dark red-brown cocktail with a maraschino cherry garnish in a Nick and Nora. Both sit on a brown wood backgound.

2023 Pie Chart

I set out to make one pie based on a cocktail every month - happy with the results!

Penicillin, Pornstar Martini, Dark n Stormy, Apricot Julep, Liberté, Bloody Mary, Champagne Cocktail, Gin and Tonic, Appletini, Goldwyn Follies, Sazerac, Parsnip Flip

Looking forward to more cocktail pies in 2024!

Recipes: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2023-pies/

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