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Left-overs Pot Pie

This recipe was inspired by my dear friend Caroline P, an ex professional chef, who was describing to me her favourite way of using up savoury left-overs.

Do let us know if you try it. And if you want to use the left-overs without having to eat them immediately, these pies freeze really well.

Ingredients

Serves 4

Left over cooked meat (optional, of course)
2 ready made pie crust shells
Left over gravy or a can of cream of mushroom soup
Left over stuffing (if available) broken up into pieces
Left over potatoes, mashed up
Left over vegetables

Method

Heat the oven to 190C
Mix all of the ingredients together and pour into the pie crust.
Use the second crust as a lid, pinch the edges together.
Make slits on top crust to let steam out.
Put the pie on a baking tray.
Bake for 50 minutes / until the crust is brown.

Time From Cupboard-To-Table

1 hour

Notes & Variations on Left-overs Pot Pie

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