Ingredients
- 30g unsalted butter
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 3 leeks (white part only), sliced
- 500g waxy potatoes, peeled, chopped
- 3 chicken breast fillets, cut into 2cm pieces
- 2 cups (360g) roughly chopped leg ham
- 200ml thickened cream
- 1/3 cup (95g) wholegrain mustard
- 1 tbs chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 1 sheet frozen shortcrust pastry
- 1 sheet frozen puff pastry
- 1 egg, beaten
- Green salad, to serve
Accompaniment
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Description
Easy pie to make and can freeze them so creating them in bulk is a good suggestion
Method
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Heat butter and oil in a large frying pan over medium-low heat.
Cook leeks, stirring, for 10 minutes until soft and wilted.
Meanwhile, cook potato in boiling salted water for 5 minutes. Drain well.
Add to frying pan with chicken and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes.
Add ham, cream and mustard.
Cook for a further 5 minutes, stirring.
Add parsley, season and cool completely.
Preheat oven to 180ยฐC.
Lightly grease a 25cm loose-bottomed tart pan.
Line base and sides with shortcrust pastry.
Chill for 15 minutes.
Line with baking paper and pastry weights or uncooked rice.
Bake for 10 minutes. Remove paper and weights and bake for 5 minutes until golden.
Add filling.
Top with puff pastry and press edge with tines of a fork to seal.
Brush with egg.
Prick pastry a few times with a fork.
Chill and cook later or bake for 25 minutes until golden.
Serve hot or warm with salad.
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