Easy chicken and leek pie
Easy as (chicken and leek) pie. The sauce is made with a soft cream cheese with wholegrain mustard. Serve with frozen peas and carrots for a simple high protein family supper.
Each serving provides 778 kcal, 46.5g protein, 27.9g carbohydrate (of which 3.6g sugars), 52.7g fat (of which 28.3g saturates), 3.1g fibre and 1.5g salt.
Ingredients
- dash olive oil
- 3 chicken breasts, roughly chopped
- 1 leek, washed and sliced into rounds
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped or crushed
- 250g/9oz cream cheese or crème fraîche
- 1–2 heaped tsp wholegrain mustard
- 1 vegetable stock cube
- 1 sheet ready-rolled puff pastry (320g/11½ oz)
- milk, to brush the top
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
Preheat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5.
Heat a dash of olive oil in a large frying pan and cook the chicken pieces over a high heat for 3 minutes. Add the leek, garlic, soft cheese, mustard, stock cube and 200ml/7fl oz boiling water.
Pour the mixture into a large ovenproof dish and lay the puff pastry sheet over the top. Brush with milk.
Bake for 35 minutes or until the top is golden-brown and the pie is cooked through. Serve.
Recipe Tips
Kerry's top tip for keeping pie pastry crisp, is to put a shot glass in the middle of the pie dish to stop the pastry sinking into the saucey filling.
For a shinier top on your chicken and leek pie, brush with beaten egg instead of milk.