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Leftovers Mini Pies - use your leftover stuffing to make these super tasty little hand pies for a quick post Christmas snack | thecookandhim.com

Leftovers Mini Pies

Prep: 20 mins | Cook: 25 mins | Total: 45 mins | Quantity: 8 pies

Ingredients

  • 250g Wholemeal Flour
  • 110g chilled butter – diced
  • Pinch salt
  • 1/2 tsp dried rosemary
  • 4-6 tblsp cold water
  • Leftover stuffing/vegetables
  • 2 tablespoons plant milk
  • pinch ground turmeric
  • Small seeds – camelina, poppy, sesame, nigella, flax/linseeds – whatever you have available!

Instructions

  1. Tip the flour into a large bowl and add the diced butter and salt.  Using your finger tips ‘rub’ the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs and you no longer have any large lumps of unmixed butter
  2. Add 4 tblsp of cold water and work gently to bring the mixture together to form a dough, adding more water if needed.  Try not to knead the dough too much as this is what makes it tough once cooked
  3. Once you have the dough formed, flatten it into an oval disc, wrap in cling-film and put in the fridge for at least 30 minutes or overnight (or freeze!)
  4. Preheat the oven to 180 Fan / 200 C / 400 F / Gas 6
  5. Remove the pastry from the fridge and on a floured work surface, roll out the pastry till it’s about the thickness of a £1 coin.  Remember to turn the dough frequently as you roll to help prevent the pastry sticking to the table
  6. Cut into shapes with a knife - I made mine 3 x 3 1/2 inch rectangles.  Brush a little beaten egg around all edges of half of your pastry shapes
  7. Mix the milk with the turmeric and use this to brush round the edges of your pastry shapes
  8. Place your filling in the centre, flattening slightly - you don't want it too domed or your tops won't fit!
  9. Lay the top pieces of pastry down, pressing the edges together to seal then crimp with a fork
  10. Brush the tops with a little more of the milk and turmeric mixture and sprinkle with your available seeds
  11. Bake for 25 minutes until lovely and golden brown
  12. These are lovely warm but just as lovely chilled - great for lunchboxes!

Recipe by The Cook & Him at https://thecookandhim.com/recipes/leftovers-mini-pies/