Description
A recipe for puff pastry pies with a creamy chicken, leek and spinach filling. These puff pastry pies are perfect for baby led weaning for lunch on the go.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 egg
- 50g chicken
- 25g cheese
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 100ml milk
- 20g chopped leeks (I used frozen leeks)
- handful spinach leaves
Instructions
- Make sure you get your puff pastry out of the fridge about an hour before you want to use it. It is less likely to break at room temperature. Also preheat the oven to 200C (fan)
- In a frying pan, add some finely diced chicken, leeks and spinach with a little olive oil and fry gently.
- Meanwhile in a saucepan, heat 100ml milk slowly until it is simmering, then add the tablespoon of flour to thicken it, before throwing in the cheese. Keep stirring continuously and take off the heat as it thickens.
- Add the cheese sauce to the chicken/leeks/spinach and combine thoroughly. Once you are sure the chicken is cooked through, take off the heat and transfer to a bowl.
- Once the puff pastry is ready to use, roll it out and cut out circles using a cup or a glass. You should be able to make 16 circles in total.
- Take a baking tray and line with greaseproof paper. Place eight of the puff pastry circle on it.
- In a bowl beat an egg and add a tablespoon of water- this is your egg wash.
- Brush the outer circle edges of the puff pastry circle with egg wash. In the centre, dollop a little of the mixture. Be careful not to overfill.
- Grab one of the puff pastry circles that hasn't been placed on the baking tray and put it on top of the other. It should stretch over the edges. You a fork to press the edges down so that it forms a seal. Brush the pie with egg wash.
- Repeat with the other seven circles.
- Place in the oven and cook for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Ensure you leave the pies to sufficiently cool before offering them to baby- they will be piping hot.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Additional Time: 0 hours
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Baby Led Weaning
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 48
- Sugar: 1
- Sodium: 45
- Fat: 3
- Saturated Fat: 1
- Unsaturated Fat: 1
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 2
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 33