Yuletide Pie
Just in case your chicken isn’t enough, consider a pie, which you can make in the morning and bake a few hours before dinnertime. A pie could also help stretch the meal as you can include lots of carbohydrate-rich ingredients like potatoes and pumpkin.
Ingredients:
350 g minced beef
1 large potato, peeled and cut into chunks
1 carrot, peeled and cut into chunks
1 onion, quartered
1 clove garlic, chopped
4 tomatoes, peeled and chopped
pinch of basil
1 packet frozen puff pastry
Some chicken stock
Method:
Heat a little oil in a pot and fry the garlic till fragrant. Add the onions, the rest of the vegetables and the basil. Pour a little stock and simmer till the vegetables are cooked. Shape the minced beef into meatballs. Add into the simmering vegetables. Once the beef is done, transfer the filling into a pie dish.
To make the crust, thaw the puff pastry. Dust a little flour on the work top and roll the pastry out. When thin enough, gently lift it and cover the pie dish with it. Trim the edges and adom with plaits or other decorative touches. Brush with egg yolk and bake in a moderately hot oven for 15 minutes ot until the pastry is brown.
