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Turkey & Ham Pie Recipe

Beneath its all-butter pastry ‘lid’, this pie hides a deeply savoury meat filling, flavoured with fresh herbs and rich with double cream and white wine – who says you can’t have a little luxury with your leftovers?! Serve 4-6.

Rating
Medium
Serves
6
Course
Main
Prepare
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Cook
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Total time
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Ingredients

Turkey250g of Diced TurkeyHamOlive OilButterBrown OnionGarlicSun-Dried TomatoesDouble CreamChicken stockVegetable StockWholegrain MustardLemon,ParsleyPlain FlourGreendale medium Free-Range Egg250g leftover cooked , chopped into bite-size pieces or
250g leftover cooked , chopped into bite-size pieces
2 tbsps
30g
1 , peeled, halved and diced finely
2 cloves , peeled
4 in oil (from a jar), finely chopped
175ml Dry White Wine (if you prefer to cook without alcohol, you can omit this without affecting the recipe; if you think the resulting sauce is too thick, use a little extra stock or hot water to loosen it)
4 fresh Sage leaves, finely chopped
3 tbsp
150ml hot or
1 tbsp
½ a juice only
Small bunch fresh Flat-leaf , washed and finely chopped

375g pack All-Butter Shortcrust Pastry
1 , beaten
Sea Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper

Method
Before you start cooking, have a 1.5 litre baking dish ready to hand. Place a large pan over a medium heat and add the olive oil and butter. Heat gently until the butter melts, then add the prepared onion and fry for about 10 minutes, or until soft. Crush in the garlic and continue to fry for another minute or so, stirring every so often, then add the turkey and ham to the pan and cook for a further three minutes. If you are using white wine (see note in ‘ingredients’), add it to the pan and turn up the heat a little; allow the wine to cook away until it has reduced by about half, then add the sage, sun-dried tomatoes and mustard to the pan and mix well. Next, reduce the heat, then add the double cream and slowly pour in the stock, stirring gently to combine. Season the mixture with plenty of freshly ground black pepper, then taste it to see if you think it needs any extra salt (the stock, ham and sun-dried tomatoes will already be providing quite a bit). Add salt if you want to, then leave the mixture to cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring gently from time to time. Take the pan off the heat, then stir in the lemon juice and the parsley. Empty the pan carefully into your baking dish and set it aside to cool completely. When the pie filling is almost cool, pre-heat the oven to 200°C (Gas Mark 6). Dust your work surface lightly with the flour, then roll out the pastry to about 3mm thick (it will need to be a little bigger than the baking dish, so that it will ‘sit’ on the top. Dust your rolling pin with flour, then gently roll the pastry lid around it. Lift the rolling pin and pastry up, then sit them on one edge of the dish and carefully unroll the lid across the pie. Pinch the edges of the pastry against the side of the dish with your thumb and forefinger, then use a fork to prick three or four sets of holes in the pastry. Finally, brush the pastry all over with the beaten egg, then put the pie into the hot oven and bake for 30-40 minutes, or until golden on top and piping hot inside. Serve with mash and peas or your favourite veg.