Pigs in blankets pie recipe

Festive pie to keep warm this winter.

This hearty pie takes one of the best bits of Christmas and makes it into a pie! Pigs in blankets and sprouts covered in a creamy sauce. This pigs in blankets pie pie serves two hungry people.

Pigs in Blankets Pie Recipe

Ingredients

375g pack ready-rolled puff pastry
1 tsp vegetable oil
1 packet of pigs in blankets
1 leek, sliced
200g sprouts, halved
1 tsp thyme
2 tsp sage
15g butter
1 tbsp plain flour
300 ml chicken stock
100 ml single cream
1 tsp mustard, we used wholegrain
1 egg, beaten, to glaze

Method

Preheat the oven to gas 4, 180°C, fan 160°C.

Take the pastry out of the fridge.

In a large saucepan, heat the oil and fry the pigs in blankets until browned. Then add to your pie dish.

Add the leek and sprouts to the pan with the thyme and sage. Fry until the vegetables are beginning to colour.

Melt the butter in the pan, add the flour and cook, stirring, for 1-2 mins.

Add the stock to the pan, a little at a time, stirring until smooth and combined.

Add the cream and mustard, season and bring to a simmer cooking until thickened.

Pour the sauce over the pigs in blankets.

Unroll the pastry and lay it over the pie dish.

Remove the excess pastry and crimp the edges to seal.

Brush with beaten egg.

Bake for 20-25 mins until the pastry is golden-brown colour.

Pigs in Blankets Pie

A hearty festive pie using the best bit of Christmas cooking!

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Ingredients

  

• 375 g pack ready-rolled puff pastry
• 1 tsp vegetable oil
• 1 packet of pigs in blankets
• 1 leek sliced
• 200 g sprouts halved
• 1 tsp thyme
• 2 tsp sage
• 15 g butter
• 1 tbsp plain flour
• 300 ml chicken stock
• 100 ml single cream
• 1 tsp mustard we used wholegrain
• 1 egg beaten, to glaze

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to gas 4, 180°C, fan 160°C.
• Take the pastry out of the fridge.
• In a large saucepan, heat the oil and fry the pigs in blankets until browned. Then add to your pie dish.
• Add the leek and sprouts to the pan with the thyme and sage. Fry until the vegetables are beginning to colour.
• Melt the butter in the pan, add the flour and cook, stirring, for 1-2 mins.
• Add the stock to the pan, a little at a time, stirring until smooth and combined.
• Add the cream and mustard, season and bring to a simmer cooking until thickened.
• Pour the sauce over the pigs in blankets.
• Unroll the pastry and lay it over the pie dish.
• Remove the excess pastry and crimp the edges to seal.
• Brush with beaten egg.
• Bake for 20-25 mins until the pastry is golden-brown colour.

Keyword christmas, festive, pie, pigs in blankets, sprouts

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