Next level turkey & ham pie

Leftover Christmas turkey recipe for 10-12 people, takes only 15 mins; recipe has turkey, ham, butter, leek, thyme, plain flour, cider vinegar, chicken stock, double cream, wholegrain mustard, tarragon, plain flour, sage, butter, suet and egg yolk.

Next level turkey & ham pie

Next level turkey & ham pie

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Leftover Christmas turkey
Servings

10 - 12

servings
Prep time

40 mins

Ingredients

  • Butter: 75g butter
  • Cider Vinegar: splash cider vinegar
  • Thyme: pinch dried thyme
  • Chicken Stock: 200ml turkey or chicken stock
  • Ham: about 600g cooked ham, carved into thick slices
  • Tarragon: 1 tbsp chopped tarragon
  • Leek: 2 leeks, cleaned, halved and finely sliced
  • Plain Flour: 75g plain flour
  • Turkey: about 600g cooked turkey, breast meat carved into slices, brown meat chopped
  • Egg Yolk: 2 egg yolks, for glazing
  • Sage: 1/2 tsp dried sage
  • Wholegrain Mustard: 3 tbsp wholegrain mustard
  • Double Cream: 250ml double cream
  • Suet: 70g suet

Directions

  1. First, make the sauce. Heat the butter in a saucepan, add the leeks and thyme and cook very gently for 10-15 mins until soft but not coloured. Stir in the flour and cook to a sandy paste, then splash in the vinegar and bubble for a moment. Pour in the stock and bring to the boil, then add the cream and simmer until you have a thick sauce. Stir through the mustard, tarragon and chopped turkey, turn off the heat and leave to cool. Set aside.Can be made a day ahead.
  2. To make the pastry, tip the flour into afood processorwith the sage and 1 tsp salt. Add the butter and suet, and whizz to fine crumbs. With the motor running, slowly pour in 150ml cold water until the pastry just comes together. Tip onto a lightly floured surface and bring together into a dough. Cut just over a third of the pastry and cover while you roll out the rest to line an oiled 20cm springform tin, leaving an overhang.
  3. Layer some sliced ham or turkey on the bottom, then spoon and spread over a thin layer of sauce and repeat the layers until you get to the top of the tin, finishing with a final layer of meat, then press down gently. Cut away another small ball of pastry from the remaining third.Roll outthe larger piece until big enough to cover the pie with an overhang. Brush the edge of the pie with egg yolk, then lift on the pastry lid and press the edges to seal before trimming. Crimp all the way round. Cut a little hole in the middle of the pastry to let steam escape. Brush all over with more yolk and use the last bit of pastry to decorate the top.Can be prepared a day ahead and chilled until ready to cook.
  4. When you're ready to bake, heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 with a baking sheet in it. Sit the pie on the hot sheet and bake for 45-50 mins. Leave until warm, remove from the tin and cut into thick wedges or cool and eat cold.