Name: The Ultimate Turkey Pie
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 120 min
Ingredients: 450 g Leftover Meat (turkey, ham, pigs in blankets etc.); 450 g Leftover Vegetables (roast potatoes, parsnips, carrots, Brussel sprouts etc.); 50 g Chestnut Bacon Butter (see recipe above); 350 ml Leftover Gravy; 400 ml Turkey Stock (can use chicken or vegetable); 250 ml Double Cream; 2 tsp Dijon Mustard; 60 g Frozen Peas; 60 g Frozen Sweetcorn; 150 g Stuffing (roughly chopped); ½ tsp Salt; ¼ tsp Black Pepper; 1 Pre-rolled Sheet Puff Pastry; 1 medium Egg; 1 tbsp Milk

It’s the ultimate leftover meal. It’s the ultimate comfort food. It is, of course, Jolly Festive’s Ultimate Turkey Pie!

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servings

6 – 8

total time

2 hrs

great for

leftovers

Leftovers Recipes | Savoury | Turkey

behind the scenes

The Ultimate Christmas Comfort Food

Christmas leftover meals don’t come much more classic than a turkey pie. What better way to use up all parts of the Christmas Dinner than by combining them into one dish which is then generously topped with buttery puff pastry?

It’s the ultimate leftover meal. It’s the ultimate comfort food. It is, of course, Jolly Festive’s Ultimate Turkey Pie!

This recipe is very adaptable. If you don’t have too much turkey left, then no problem. Why not throw in some ham or even some pigs in blanket – if you manage to have some leftover that is!

And if you find yourself with mountains of brussels and not many carrots, again, don’t worry – use what you have, this dish is all about celebrating those leftovers!

The additional gravy and stuffing added to the pie certainly help create that rich festive flavour but if you don’t have any, don’t worry, just add a little more stock and veg.

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The only things we recommend you don’t switch up are the chestnut bacon butter, and the addition of the mustard –we promise it’s not strong, it just gives a nice little bit of warmth!

LET’S TALK CHESTNUT BACON BUTTER

This chestnut bacon butter is divine. It is Christmas in butter form! Add it to your Brussel Sprouts on Christmas Day, use it in your bubble and squeak, and it is most definitely one of the secret ingredients in our Ultimate Turkey Pie!

The butter can be made well in advance. Keep in the fridge for up to three days or slice and add baking parchment between slices before freezing for up to a month. Defrost in the fridge overnight. And then simply take a slice whenever you need one over those festive celebration days.

Recipe adapted from here

Ingredients

6 rashers of streaky bacon
100g cooked chestnuts, chopped
150g unsalted butter, softened

Method

Fry the bacon in a pan until crispy. Remove from the pan using a slotted spoon and place on some kitchen towel to allow some of the grease to drain off.
Once cooled, mix into the softened butter along with the chopped chestnuts.
Using cling film to help you, mould the butter into a cylindrical shape and wrap well in cling film.

So why not ensure that Christmas Day isn’t the only day you enjoy the fruits of your hours of labor and make leftovers something special, perhaps even starting a new Boxing Day tradition, and add Jolly Festive’s Ultimate Turkey Pie to your repertoire this year!

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