Christmas Pie

[sweetleaf]

This recipe uses up dry turkey!


1lb cooked dry turkey meat
1 pkt of your favourite stuffing..or make your own if you are clever!
1/2 Pint of honey and mustard sauce
1lb of pastry (I use shortcrust)

To make the sauce, I use 2tbsp of cornflour,
1oz of butter
1/2 pint of skimmed milk
and if you are not on a diet you can add cream
2tsp of honey
1tsp of your favourite mustard or mustard powder
(if mustard powder is used its best to add it to the cornflour when making the roux)
Make a roux with the butter and cornflour,in a saucepan over a low heat add the milk when the corflour has absorbed all the butter and add the honey and mustard bring almost to the boil, stirring constantly ,finally add the cream, if used, when you remove it from the heat.

Use the cold turkey to cover the base of the tin, cover that with the cooled sauce and rest it in the fridge for a couple of hours or overnight, the turkey will absorb most of the sauce, cover that with your stuffing,(which must also be cool or it makes the pastry sticky). and then pastry, brush with milk or beaten egg and decorate with a pastry hollly leaf...well I do. Cook for about an hour and 20 minutes in the oven on gas mark 5.
I can make a huge one of these sometimes, thinking I will be able to freeze half, but never have any left for the freezer!

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I remember cooking a turkey and vegetable pie one year when we seemed to have an eternity of turkey ... it was very palatable and reminded me the 'game' pie that is seem around this time of year, since I baked it deep (but without pressing). I won't need so much culinary imagination this year, as we are having a crown, together with beef and a smoked bacon joint.

[Plocket]

Oooh I'm going to try that Sweetleaf, if there's any leftover turkey - we never seem to have much left! ;D