Simple chicken and ham pie

High calorie recipe.

You don’t even need a rolling pin for this simple step by step easy to prepare pastry dish!

Ingredients:

  • 1 x 15ml tbsp Olive oil
  • 50g/ 2oz Butter
  • 500g/ 17oz Chicken breast
  • 250g/ 9oz Chestnut mushrooms, halved
  • 75g/3oz Lean ham, diced
  • 1 x 295g can Condensed mushroom soup (Campbell’s brand)
  • 1 x 200g pack Full fat cream cheese (Philadelphia brand)
  • 1 x 425g/16oz packet Frozen ready rolled puff pastry, thawed
  • 1/2 Medium egg, whisked

Servings: 4 Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Oven Temperature: preheated at 220ºC/Gas Mark 7

Preparation:

  1. Slice the chicken into fine strips. Gently fry with the olive oil and butter for 5 minutes to brown. Add the halved mushrooms and cook for a further 3 minutes.
  2. Add the remaining filling ingredients. Bring to a gentle simmer stirring constantly until the cream cheese has melted.
  3. Divide filling mix between 4 individual pie dishes. Brush around the rim with some of the egg.
  4. Unroll prepared pastry. Cut a 2cm wide strip to fit around the edge of each pastry dish. Brush strip with egg. Cut pastry to fit each pie dish and pinch together with pastry strip. Use remaining pastry to decorate pie tops.
  5. Brush with the remaining egg. Cook for 30 minutes until the pastry is golden, flaky and crisp.

Nutritional intake:

  • Calories per serving: 1095 Kcal
  • Protein per serving: 41.6 grams

Source: Nutrition in cancer Editorial Board