Leftover Chicken and Ham Pie
Leftover Chicken and Ham Pie

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Great recipe for Leftover Chicken and Ham Pie. I've made this recipe for years, and everyone seems to love it! Using the leftovers from our Sunday roast I devised this delicious, cheap, rich recipe to please the whole family.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook leftover chicken and ham pie using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Leftover Chicken and Ham Pie:
  1. Get Pastry
  2. Make ready EITHER 375g Shop-Bought Puff Pastry
  3. Make ready OR 125g Plain Flour
  4. Make ready 125 g Unsalted Butter (Room temp, cubed)
  5. Make ready 75 ml Cold Water
  6. Get 1/2 tsp salt
  7. Prepare Filling
  8. Take 320 g Leftover Cooked Chicken (shredded)
  9. Make ready 90 g Leftover Cooked Ham/Bacon (chopped)
  10. Take 30 g Unsalted Butter
  11. Get 35 g Plain Flour
  12. Prepare 300 ml Chicken Stock
  13. Get 125 ml Double Cream
  14. Take 4 Chestnut or Button Mushrooms (diced)
  15. Prepare 2 Spring Onions (finely chopped)
  16. Make ready 1 tbsp Mixed Herbs
  17. Prepare 1 Egg Yolk (beaten)

At Xmas we often have plenty of ham and turkey (or chicken) leftovers which we normally use to make a pie of some sort. This chicken, ham and leek pie is one of the alternatives. Which kind of chicken would you like in the recipe? It's just as tasty if you substitute the chicken with turkey so if you have any Christmas leftovers, you can use them up with this yummy pie.

Steps to make Leftover Chicken and Ham Pie:
  1. Preheat oven to 180c fan/350f/gas 4. Line a large baking tray with baking paper. If making pastry, proceed to step 4 before starting to make the filling. If using shop bought pastry, start at step 2.
  2. Melt the butter on medium heat in a saucepan then beat in the flour. Cook this for a minute or two to cook out the flour taste a little. Add the stock and whisk constantly for 2-3 minutes until thickened then whisk in the cream.
  3. Fold in the spring onions and mushrooms and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the chicken, bacon, and cream and sprinkle in the herbs. Season to taste. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely.
  4. HOME MADE PASTRY, START HERE!! Rub the butter into the flour using fingertips until all the flour has turned pale yellow but there are still chunks of butter larger than breadcrumbs. Stir in the flour. Use a wooden spoon to very gradually mix in the water until it starts to form together. Very quickly press the dough into a ball, wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge for at least 20 minutes.
  5. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pastry into a 30 x 33 cm rectangle. Cut this rectangle in half lengthways and place one half onto the prepared baking tray. Gently fold the other pastry in half and make cuts in the folded side about 1cm apart, leaving a 1cm border.
  6. Spoon the cooled filling onto the pastry on the tray, leaving a 1cm border of pastry around the edges. Open the folded pastry back out and gently place it over the filling. Crimp all around the edges with a fork.
  7. Brush the top of the pastry with the egg yolk. Sprinkle the top of the pastry with more mixed herbs and black pepper (optional).
  8. Bake for 25-30 minutes until puffed up and golden brown.
  9. Enjoy!!

Saute a chopped onion in butter until it's just starting to soften. You need to use a large pan as you'll be adding the. This is a great way to use up leftover roast chicken (or dare we say turkey?) and ham. Almost as good as the roast chicken dinner itself and we are definitely considering this as a dish to use Christmas leftovers. Put the chicken in a large pan with the carrots, potatoes, celery, half the thyme and seasoning.

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