Blackbird Pie......or Chicken, Leek And Potato Pie!

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (225 g) packets shortcrust pastry
• 500 g mashed potatoes
• 2 cooked chicken breasts, cut into small pieces
• 4 -6 cooked leeks
• 50 g cooked ham, cut into dice
• 3 -4 tablespoons creme fraiche or 2 -3 tablespoons cream
• 1/2 teaspoon mixed herbs
• salt
• pepper
• 1 egg, beaten with a little
• milk

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 200c/400°f.
• 2 grease and line a pie dish with baking paper.
• 3 mix together your mashed potato, leeks, chicken, ham, crème fraiche & seasonings to taste. set to one side.
• 4 roll out your pastry and line the base of the pie dish - allow the edges to extend over the edge of the pie dish.
• 5 put you filling into the pastry pie case - and sit your blackbird or pie funnel in the middle, pushing it down slightly so it is not too high.
• 6 turn back the pastry edges and make a raised crust all the way around. dampen the piecrust with some of the beaten egg & milk mixture.
• 7 roll out your pastry for the lid - ease it over the top gently breaking or cutting a hole for the blackbird to poke through!
• 8 turn back the edges of the pastry lid and neatly crimp the top together with the bottom - using a fork to help you if necessary.
• 9 brush the beaten egg and milk glaze over the top and bake in the pre-heated oven for about 45 minutes.
• 10 take out and allow to cool very slightly before serving with fresh vegetables & gravy. this is also wonderful cold as picnic food.