Family dinner ideas UK
A golden puff pastry lid on a creamy family pie. Serves 4, about 60 minutes.
Photo: AI-generated illustration of the dish.
Method
Melt the butter in a large pan and cook the chicken for 6 to 8 minutes until lightly golden with no pink inside.
Add the leeks and mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes until soft.
Stir in the flour for 1 minute, then gradually stir in the milk and stock and simmer for 3 to 4 minutes until thick and smooth. Season.
Spoon the filling into a pie dish, lay the pastry over the top, trim the edges, brush with beaten egg and cut a small slit in the middle.
Bake at 200C (180C fan, gas 6) for about 25 minutes, until the pastry is puffed and golden and the filling is piping hot.
Cool leftovers, get them into the fridge within 2 hours and eat within 2 days. Reheat once only, until steaming hot all the way through.
Every figure is an estimate per portion, worked out from UK government food-composition data (CoFID). Your portions and brands will differ, so treat these as a guide. Salt not measured. The stock cube is not counted (it is not in the database), and only the quarter of the egg used as a glaze is counted. How our recipes are made.
Contains: gluten (flour, pastry), milk, egg (glaze).
Check the label on: puff pastry (some contain milk); stock cube (often celery; some contain wheat or barley).
Always check the label on anything packaged — recipes and brands vary, and we cannot see your packet.
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