Recipe: Mini turkey pie with a strawberry salad with chocolate balsamic dressing

Mini turkey pie with a strawberry salad with chocolate balsamic dressing by Nadette Mifsud

Recipe by Nadette Mifsud

Ingredients:

For pie pastry:

  • 2/3 cup Remia Gold margarine
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp celery
  • salt
  • 1 tsp poultry seasoning
  • 1 tsp paprika

For the filling:

  • 4 pork sausages
  • 200 g mushrooms
  • 1 onion
  • Pre-cooked turkey (I made brodu yesterday so it was cooked in it)
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • Salt & pepper to taste
  • 1 & 1/3 cups condensed milk
  • 4 cups chicken stock
  • 1/2 cup Remia Gold margarine

 

Recipe for salad:

  • A handful rocket leaves
  • 1/2 cucumber
  • 6 strawberries
  • Stilton cheese
    For the dressing:
  • 100 ml balsamic vinegar
  • 100 g caster sugar
  • 25 g Cadbury Bournville 

For the dressing:

  • 100 ml balsamic vinegar
  • 100 g caster sugar
  • 25 g Cadbury Bournville 

Instructions: 

For pie pastry:

  1. Cut margarine into the dry ingredients until the consistency of small peas.
  2. Mix in about 4 tbsps cold water until dough clings together.
  3. Form into a small ball and set aside.

For the filling:

  1. Saute onion and sausages into a bit of Remia Gold margarine, when browned add the pre cooked turkey for a couple of minutes.
  2. Pour into a bowl and add a little more Remia Gold margarine to the pan and saute mushrooms.
  3. When cooked add them to turkey mixture.
  4. In the same pan now add 1/2 cup Remia Gold margarine and blend in flour and seasonings.
  5. Add chicken stock and condensed milk.
  6. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, and boil for 1 minute.
  7. Pour this into the turkey mixture and leave to cool.
  8. Roll out pastry and cut to fit a muffin pan, cut bases, pour in filling, cut tops, secure and bake in a hot oven for about 25-30min or until nicely browned.

For the  salad:

  1. Divide rocket between the plates.
  2. Slice the cucumber lengthways.
  3. Arrange the Stilton, cucumber and strawberries on the rocket.
  4. Drizzle dressing on top.

For the dressing:

  1. Place balsamic vinegar in a saucepan, add castor sugar and dissolve over a gentle heat.
  2. Remove from heat and stir in the Cadbury Bournville chocolate.
  3. Leave to cool at room temperature.

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