Turkey & sweet leek pie
This is dead simple, completely versatile and absolutely gorgeous. It's not a pretty-boy pie; it's a proper, old-school pie that everyone will be over the moon to see on the table. I'm putting leftover white turkey meat to good use here, but you could also mix brown meat in there too.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 10 of 12 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Bacon | 1 slice cooked (8g) | 43 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Thyme | 1 tsp dried (1.4g) | 4 |
| Sage | 1 tsp ground (0.7g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Meat | not in our table | 0 |
| Pastry | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 2 rashers higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon, roughly chopped
- ½ bunch fresh thyme, leaves picked
- olive oil
- 2 kg leeks, washed, trimmed; white end chopped into chunks, green end finely sliced
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 800 g cooked white turkey meat, torn into big chunks
- 2 heaped tablespoons plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- 2 pints organic turkey, chicken or vegetable stock
- 2 tablespoons crème fraîche
- 500 g puff pastry
- 12 jarred or vac-packed chesntnuts, roasted and peeled
- 2 sprigs of fresh sage, leaves picked
- 1 free-range egg, beaten