Green Onion Pie

Total Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 lb green onions, thickly sliced or 1/2 lb leek, only,thinly sliced
• 1 lb lean boneless lamb, cut into small cubes
• 5 fluid ounces milk
• 2 1/2 fluid ounces table cream
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/2 lb puff pastry

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 400°f.
• 2 par-boil the green onions or leeks and drain well.
• 3 fill a pie dish with the green onions or leeks and lamb and pour in the milk.
• 4 cover with foil and bake for about 1 hour (don’t worry if it looks curdled).
• 5 stir the cream into the eggs, then pour into the dish; allow the pie to cool.
• 6 pre-heat oven to 425°f.
• 7 roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to 2 inches wider than the dish.
• 8 cut a 1-inch strip from the outer edge and use this to line the dampened rim of the pie dish.
• 9 dampen the pastry rim with water, cover with the pastry lid and seal the edges well, then using the back of a small knife'knock up' the edges and then flute them using your thumb and the back of a knife.
• 10 make a hole in the centre of the pie and use pastry trimmings to decorate.
• 11 bake for about 25-30 minutes, until risen and golden brown.