Chicken Ham and Cheese pie

[wallie]

I have been thinking of making a chicken, ham and cheese pie for over the xmas to serve cold like a raised pork pie, using hot water pastry for the case.
Has anyone came across a recipe for this type?
I also wonder if cheese such as cheddar would be o/k in a cold pie.
Any suggestions welcome.

wallie

[wheels]

Wallie

This looks the business:

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/cold-chicken-and-ham-pie-492702.html

Phil

[wallie]

Thanks Phil, looks good I think I will have a bash.

wallie

[Pork Pie Eyed Dolly]

Did you make this pie? How was it? I'm making turkey and ham pie next week; any tips on how this recipe went?

Thanks.

[wallie]

This is the pie I finished up with, I have made a couple of times since and its now one of our favorite pork pies.

675g Pork
175g Gammon
3/4ts dried sage (0.5g)
3/4ts W.Pepper (2g)
Pinch Mace
Pinch Ginger

PASTRY
475g flour
200g lard.
125ml boiling water
1&1/2ts salt

This is enough for 2 450g pies.
Pastry
Boil water,lard and salt
Pour into flour and mix well
Form into pie shape using a jar or mould.(see note at bottom)
Pack with the meat and put on the lid.
Chill for an hour and set the oven to 180c
Bake for 1 & 1/2hours.
Leave to cool then pour in jelly.
I made the jellied stock with the pork bones and a couple of trotters I had pickled. Gave them a long simmer then reduced the stock to half.

You could use half pork and half turkey for the filling.

I used large jam jars oiled then floured, rolled the pastry out into a circle about twice as large as the jar bottom, dropped it over the upturned jar then moulded around the sides.
Then into the fridg for about 1/2 hour to set, then ease it off the jar.

Hope this helps
wallie

[Pork Pie Eyed Dolly]

Thanks Wallie! I may give that a bash another time. I make large (3.2kg) pork pies usually, so am hoping to avoid using pork this time as we've got a massive turkey to use up.

Why do you chill the uncooked pie just out of interest?

[Pork Pie Eyed Dolly]

See, Wallie? It's here!

[wallie]

3.2 kilos! god they are big pies.
Reminds me of Desperate Dans cow pies in the old Beano comics.
You would need a big jar to mould that pastry over.

wallie