Chicken or turkey and ham pie
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A traditional turkey or chicken pie contains lots of vegetable and is the perfect 'use up' dish. You can add almost any veg you like to your pie.
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Serves: 6
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Skill level: Easy peasy
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Costs: Cheap as chips
Ingredients
- 25g flour
- 1lt turkey or chicken stock
- 350g cooked turkey or chicken cut into chunks or strips
- 125g cooked ham cut into chunks
- 6 leeks, cleaned and chopped
- 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 stalk celery, chopped
- 2tbsp chopped parsley
- 200g ready make shortcrust pastry
- 90g butter
- 75g flour
- 1 tbsp English mustard
- A pinch of salt and ground pepper
Method
- Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F/gas 7.
- Melt the butter in a heavy based pan and add the flour off the heat. Whisk in the chicken stock and cook over a medium heat, stirring all the time until the sauce is smooth. Season well and add the mustard.
- Place the chicken pieces, ham and leeks in the bottom of an oval pie dish, sprinkle with the fresh parsley and pour over the sauce.
- Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and cover the pie dish with the pastry.
- Brush the top of the pastry with a little beaten egg and bake in the oven for 20-25 mins. After this time reduce the heat to 180°C/350°F/gas 4 and bake for a further 15 mins.
By Caroline Marson, cookery advisor
Nutritional information
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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