Everhot Hearty Meat Pie

Ingredients

1lb pork and leek sausages, skinned

1 small onion-finely chopped

Chopped dried apricots

Fresh cranberries

Chopped parsley

300g chicken fillets, -cooked

2oz fresh breadcrumbs or a sage and onion stuffing mix

1 egg –beaten

For the pastry

1lb plain flour

1tsp salt

6oz lard

5floz water

Method

Place the lard and water into a saucepan and gently heat together, remove from the heat and add to the flour, mix well to form a pastry.

Use 2/3rds to line a 2lb loaf tin, put the remaining away covered for the top.

In a bowl mix the sausage meat, onion, parsley, ham and breadcrumbs. Use 2/3rds of the sausage meat in the base, lay the chicken fillets along and cover with the remaining sausage meat.

Egg wash the pastry edges and cover with the remaining pastry, egg wash.

Set Everhot at 200c

Bake on the shelf placed on the oven floor for approx.1hr until golden brown.

You may need to cover after 40 mins for protection.

Cool and cut into slices.