Wednesday 28 May 2014

Poultry keeper's Pie

Similar principle to a shepherd's or fisherman's pie, but using chicken left from Sunday's roast hence the name. I couldn't be bothered to make mash so I thinly sliced the potato with my mandolin. Mash would work just as well though.

Ingredients (serves 2)
1 leek, sliced
125g mushrooms, sliced
220g cooked chicken
1/2 tsp chopped garlic
400g potato, thinly sliced or mashed
250g milk
5g butter
5g plain flour
1/2 tsp wholegrain mustard

* in a little oil gently fry the leek, mushroom and garlic until softened
* mix with the chopped chicken in a casserole dish
* make a white sauce by combining the milk, butter and flour in a small pan. Bring to the boil, whisking continually, then simmer for a couple of minutes and stir in the mustard
* stir the sauce into the chicken mixture and top with the potato
* bake at 180C for 40 minutes or until the potato is cooked

Chocolate Biscuits

Ingredients (makes about 30)
225g self raising flour
100g caster sugar
3 tbsp cocoa powder
100g butter
5 tbsp milk

* heat oven to 190C and grease a couple of baking trays
* mix the flour, sugar and cocoa together then rub in the butter
* add the milk and mix to a soft dough
* turn the dough out on to a lightly floured surface and bring together into a ball, kneading gently
* roll out to about 0.5 cm thick and cut into rounds or any other shapes you fancy
* bake for about 10 minutes then cool on a wire rack

I topped them with chocolate glace icing

Nutrition (per iced biscuit):
Calories: 64, Carbs: 10g, Fat: 2g, Protein: 1g