Turkey, leek and chorizo pie

This is a fast and simple dish that you can make out of the left over turkey on Christmas day. Just cook the fill roll out the pastry and cover the fill, glaze with some egg and bake it in the oven. If you wanted, you could just cook some pasta and through that in to the fill, no need to bake the pie, even easier. And on boxing day you do not want to be all day in the kitchen, not after Christmas day as well so keep it simple that’s what I say.

You will need.

A Little butter

1 large onion, chopped

2 large leeks

200ml/7fl oz double cream

200ml/7fl oz chicken or turkey stock

500g/1lb 2oz cooked turkey

200g/7oz cooked chorizo

10 button mushrooms

Fresh tarragon

Fresh thyme

100g/ 3oz grated cheddar cheese

Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.

225g/8oz puff pastry

Egg to glaze  beaten

Get your leeks and dice them up and give them a good was then dice the onion . now add some butter to the pot and on a low heat slowly cook down the leeks and onions . add the button mushrooms and let them cook down as well.

Then add the chorizo sausage and let this cook in to the vegetables. Now add the stock and the cream and let that come to the boil and finally add the diced turkey. Let this reduce for a little while then add the cheese to the cooking.

Once the cheese has melted in to the sauce, you can add the herbs and then season with salt and pepper.  Now set it to one side to cool.

When the fill has cool down so you can handle it spoon it in to a dish then roll out the pastry and cover it . Glaze the pastry with some beaten egg and you are ready to bake the pie .

Preheat the oven to 200c/400cf and bake for 25 to 30 minutes until the fill is hot and bubbling around the edge of the dish and the pastry is golden brown.