I get dried ground pepper from a friend's garden but cayenne would work, or hot paprika...

Tried a meat pie keto recipe combo. Not a successful pie but a successful exeriment!

*Almond parmesan crust was yummy but didn't go well with the pie. Taken from a quiche recipe, would probably be good with quiche. Made ahead, baked.

*The meat filling was delish. Bison onions garlic browned with a cube of goose broth and some psyllium husk capsules, highly experimental but thickened it nicely and it held together beautifully without needing tomato paste. Sprinkled marjoram on the crust and on top of the filling. Made the day before.

*mashed topping of cauliflower and broccoli, dried, then butter and garlic and onion powder. Made and cooled before pie assembled.

Baked an hour at 350. It was beautiful. But the topping didn't go well with the filling tho it was good, and the crust really didn't go with either.

When assembled baked and served the botton crust did not hold together but the filling stayed marvelously in the slices. The topping browned nicely.

So, the filling was ace, the topping meh, the crust nsuccessful but tasty.

And I still have a couple of weeks till Pi Day...