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  • 400g leftover cooked potato
    (roasted or boiled – see step 1)
  • 1 leek
    finely sliced
  • 2heaped tbsp horseradish
    sauce
  • 5heaped tbsp crème fraîche
  • 100g cooked ham
    chopped into small pieces
  • pinch of dried thyme
  • 375g packet ready-rolled puff pastry
  • 1 tbsp milk

Nutrition: per serving (using boiled potatoes)

  • kcal765
  • fat45g
  • saturates7g
  • carbs76g
  • sugars1g
  • fibre3g
  • protein18g
  • salt2.72g
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Method

  • step 1

    To make the filling, preheat the oven to 220C/gas 7/fan 200C. Slice your potato leftovers as best you can, then blanch the leek in boiling water for 3 minutes and drain. If you don’t have any leftovers, peel, halve and thickly slice a baking potato, then boil for 8 minutes, adding the sliced leek for the last 3 minutes. Drain. In a large bowl, mix the potato, leek, horseradish sauce, crème fraîche, ham and thyme, mushing up the potato slightly, then season well.

  • step 2

    To make the pie, unroll the pastry rectangle onto a baking sheet. Pile the filling along the length of one half of the pastry, leaving a small gap on the outside edge. Brush milk round the edges of the pastry. Fold the uncovered side over the filling, then press the pastry edges together well, using the prongs of a fork, to seal. Make a few 6cm diagonal slashes in the top. (The pie can now be frozen for up to a month.)

  • step 3

    To bake the pie, brush the pie with the remaining milk and bake for 30 minutes until golden brown. Leave to relax for a couple of minutes then cut into slices and serve with a green salad.

RECIPE TIPS
MAKE IT YOUR OWN

Crumble in any leftover stuffing for extra flavour, or grate in any pieces of leftover cheese.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2003

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A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.8 ratings

aileenleadbetter

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Could you recommend a substitute for the crème fraiche? This would be perfect for using up Christmas ham leftovers, but unfortunately I’m lactose intolerant.

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goodfoodteam

Hi, thanks for your question. A plant-based creme fraiche would work well. Alternatively you could make a thick white sauce using plant-based milk and plant-based butter. We hope this helps. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team.

Trish Lever

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Could you fried bacon or lardons

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goodfoodteam

Hi, yes you could add fried bacon or fried lardons instead of the ham, just make sure to drain it on kitchen roll to remove any excess fat after frying. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team.

freya99

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Husband and son dont like horseradish or leeks so substituted an onion and cranberry sauce, and also added some left over stuffing balls. Went down very well, and very quick to make

teresahall

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

This turned out lovely. I added some grated strong cheddar to the recipe as well. The horseradish sauce gives it a lovely flavour

minkx1

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Great way at using leftovers. It is creamy and the flavours of the leeks, horseradish and ham work well. I used a beaten egg to glaze my pastry instead of milk and it came out the oven golden brown. I served this with honey roasted beetroot and some leftover red cabbage which worked well together.…

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