to make four lots of chicken, ham and leek pie you’ll need:
every last scrap of leftover chicken or turkey, or, two chicken breasts cut into small chunks
two fancy shallots
three big leeks
massive handful of peas
syn-free wafer thin ham
two minced garlic cloves
440g of Philadelphia lightest (440g being 4 x HEA, and as this makes enough for four pies, it’s one each – otherwise, syn 440g of Philadelphia as 5.5 syns per pie)
500g of cottage cheese or Quark – if it’s cottage cheese, you’ll need to make sure you get a syn-free version like Tesco’s Healthy Living
100g of Jus-Rol light puff pastry, divided into four – that’s 4 syns each (4.25 syns really but come on)
an egg
a bit of milk to loosen it might be needed
to make four lots of chicken, ham and leek pie you should:
slice up the shallots, leeks, water thin ham, mince the garlic and add in the chicken and sweat it all down in a pan
slowly stir in the Philadelphia with plenty of black pepper
slowly stir in the Quark or, if you’re using cottage cheese, blend that first and then pour it in
let everything simmer very gentle for maybe half an hour, if it is too thic, loosen it off with a splash of milk
when you’re ready to cook, pour the mixture into four seperate pie dishes or one big Pyrex dish
stretch out your pastry to cover the top
brush with egg and use any leftover pastry to write an obscene word on the top
bake in the oven until the pie is golden and serve with veg
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