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Easy as (chicken and leek) pie. The sauce is made with a soft cream cheese with wholegrain mustard. Serve with frozen peas and carrots for a simple family supper.


Chicken and leek pie

olive oil

chicken breasts, roughly chopped

leek,

garlic cloves, finely chopped or crushed

250 grams/9 ounces cream cheese

mustard

vegetable stock cube

ready-rolled puff pastry (320 grams/11½ oz)

brush the top

salt and black pepper

How to make an easy chicken and leek pie

Everyone needs a good homemade steak pie once in a while. Make it easy using ready-made shortcrust pastry. 

Steak pie

900 grams/2lb braising steak,

flour,

onions, sliced

parsley

tbsp chopped fresh thyme

570 milliliters/1 pint hot beef stock

225 grams/8 ounces ready-rolled shortcrust pastry

egg,

The Bramley apples in these easy puff pastry pies pair perfectly with marzipan for a sweet tart hand pie. 


Puff pastry apple pies

grams/1½lb Bramley apples, peeled, cored and roughly chopped

caster sugar

grams/1 ounces butter, plus extra for greasing

250 grams/9 ounces natural (uncoloured) marzipan, thinly sliced

tbsp demerara sugar

Bramley apples have an unbeatably tart flavour that works perfectly with the sweetness of the marzipan in this recipe.

Bramley apple slice

Egg and bacon is a match made in heaven. This pie from The Hairy Bikers is quick, easy and delicious served warm or cold.

Egg and bacon pie

sunflower oil

8–10 rashers smoked streaky bacon

eggs

milk

300 grams/10½oz plain flour, plus extra for dusting

sea salt

butter,

free-range egg

Make the most of inexpensive cuts of beef for this steak and kidney pie recipe - meltingly tender after long slow cooking.

Steak and kidney pie

puff pastry

egg egg

vegetable oil

700 grams/1lb 9 ounces braising steak, diced

lamb kidney,

onions,

flour

850 milliliters/1½ pints beef stock

salt and black pepper,

Worcestershire sauce

This delicious veggie pie was made to be shared with family and friends, especially good with vegetarian gravy or served cold with salad. 

Each serving provides 406 kcal, 11g protein, 35g carbohydrates (of which 10g sugars), 23.5g fat (of which 5g saturates), 6g fibre and 0.7g salt.


Mushroom, chestnut and squash filo pie

tbsp extra virgin olive oil

250 grams/9 ounces chestnut mushrooms, sliced

red onion, sliced

300 grams/10½oz butternut squash (¼ squash), peeled and cut into 2cm/¾in chunks

grams/2½oz curly kale, shredded, tough stalks discarded

150 milliliters/5fl oz vegetable stock,

grams/1¾oz ready-to-eat dried apricots, quartered

chestnuts,

75 grams/2½oz walnuts, roughly broken

½ tsp dried chilli flakes (optional)

85 grams/3 ounces goats’ cheese,

sea salt and black pepper

filo pastry (each about 48x25cm/19x10in)

fresh parsley, to garnish (optional)

Make a pie if you want to impress your friends. Load it with veggies to impress Dr Rupy.

Mushroom, squash and goats' cheese pie

An alternative Sunday roast, this flavoursome pie is much easier to prepare than it looks and makes the perfect centrepiece for a meat-free meal. For a delicious vegan version, swap the milk for a plant-based alternative and make sure your puff pastry is vegan.

This recipe is part of a <a href=" https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/budget_vegetarian_family_meal_plan_for_four"> Budget vegetarian meal plan for four</a>. In September 2023 this recipe was costed at an average of £3.88 when checking prices at four UK supermarkets. This recipe is designed to be made in conjunction with a <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/budget_recipes">low-cost store-cupboard</a>.

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