FOUR MEALS FROM A CHICKEN: CHICKEN, HAM AND LEEK PIE

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
• easy!