Chicken or turkey and ham pie

Chicken or Turkey and ham pie
Average rating: 2 out of 5 star rating

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

  • Serves: 6

  • Skill level: Easy peasy

  • 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
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Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F/gas 7.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and cover the pie dish with the pastry.
  5. 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

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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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