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Chicken and leek filo pies

  • Hands-on time: 25 mins
  • Time to make: 1 hr 10 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 4.8
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
    • 400g chicken-breast fillets, trimmed, sliced
    • 1 medium-sized leek, trimmed, sliced
    • 1 tablespoon fresh tarragon, chopped
    • 1 cup liquid no-added-salt chicken stock
    • 300g kumara, peeled, chopped in 1.5cm chunks
    • 1 tablespoon flour
    • ½ cup extra-light Philadelphia Cream for Cooking
    • 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
    • 1 tablespoon finely grated parmesan cheese
    • 1 cup frozen peas
    • 4 fresh filo-pastry sheets, roughly torn
    • spray oil
    • 8 cups salad dressed with 8 tablespoons light vinaigrette (made with 3 parts oil:1 part vinegar)
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Heat oil in a large saucepan set over a medium heat. Add chicken and leek. Cook for 4-5 minutes, stirring, or until chicken cooks and leek softens. Add tarragon, stock and kumara. Bring to the boil then reduce heat to low. Simmer for 15-20 minutes or until kumara chunks are tender.

    2 Combine flour and cooking cream in a small bowl. Stir into chicken mixture. Bring to the boil and cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until mixture thickens. Stir in mustard and parmesan then season with a sprinkling of freshly ground black pepper. Place mixture in fridge to cool then add peas. Divide mixture among 4 x 1-cup ovenproof ramekins and top each pie with one-quarter of the scrunched filo pieces. Spray lightly with oil.

    3 Preheat oven to 180°C. Place ramekins on a baking tray and bake for 15-20 minutes or until pastry is golden and filling is hot. (If pastry becomes too brown, lightly cover pies with a piece of tinfoil.) Serve pies with salad and oil/vinegar dressing.

    HFG tip

    Freeze it!

    • At the end of step 2, double-wrap pies in plastic wrap and freeze. To thaw, transfer pies to fridge overnight.
    • Freeze for up to two months

    Making the most of your freezer saves you time and money. Remember:

    • Label and date food when you freeze it to know its life span.
    • Keep food well wrapped to reduce freezer-burn risk.
    • Discard items that display signs of freezer-burn, along with any UFOs (unidentified frozen objects!). They could be dangerous to your health.
    • Freeze leftovers in single-serve portions to make them easier to thaw and reheat.

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