Make this Chicken and Ham Pie for a comforting and easy weeknight dinner. Packed with leftover chicken, ham, vegetables, and topped with flaky puff pastry.
Preheat your oven to 200°C/180°C(fan)/400°F/Gas 6.
Heat 1 teaspoon Olive oil over a medium heat and add 1 Leek and 1 Shallot. Cook for 3 minutes, to soften.
Add 50 g Plain flour and mix it in.
From the 200 ml Chicken stock stock, add around 2 tablespoons and mix in.
Add the remaining stock and heat for a further 2 minutes.
Add 400 g Leftover cooked chicken, 100 g Ham, 160 g Sweetcorn, 300 ml Reduced fat crème fraîche, 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard, 1 pinch Sea salt and 1 pinch Ground black pepper. Give it all a really good mix.
Transfer to a baking dish. Allow to cool for 5 minutes.
Place 320 g Puff pastry over the top and tuck the edges in to form a crust. Whisk 1 Egg and brush it over the pastry.
Cook for 25 minutes until the pastry is golden brown.
Notes
If adding broccoli or cauliflower to this chicken and ham pie, then the florets need to be cut into small pieces so that they cook quickly.
If your sauce it quite runny, then simmer the mixture for a minute or two extra before putting it in a baking dish.
You can just add the sheet of puff pastry on top of this ham and chicken pie, however if there is a little excess pastry leftover, then you can cut out some little flower shapes to put on top to make it more decorative.
Make sure to make a couple of little cuts in the pastry to let the steam escape.
You can add some fresh chopped parsley for extra flavour.