That's a serving suggestion on the right. I mean, is it even a pie without loads of taters?

I served with boiled new potatoes here but this would go cracking with mash. Maybe a lemon thyme mash or a wholegrain mustard mash.

Now, you don't need gravy with this pie - it contains loads. In the recipe here the gravy is still relatively thin. If you like it thicker then just up the cornflour to your liking.

You could also make your own pastry but the shop bought, ready roll stuff is actually really good now. I used Tesco's but that's only because I get my weekly delivery from them. 

Special Equipment - Pie Dish

Serves 4

Ingredients:

2 tbsp olive oil

200g leeks, sliced

250g mushrooms, sliced

2 garlic cloves, grated/crushed 

a few sprigs of thyme – leaves only

160g of Chick'n pieces (whichever you like, I used Richmond)

½ tsp English mustard

500ml vegetable stock 

1 tsp Marmite

2 tbsp cornflour 

320g sheet of shortcrust pastry

1 tbsp plant milk (optional) 

salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas Mark 4.

Put the oil into a large heavy-based saucepan and add the leeks and mushrooms. Sauté for 6-8 minutes until softened and the mushrooms and leeks have visibly shrunk down and any water in the pan has evaporated.

Add the grated garlic cloves and thyme leaves and cook for 1 minute until fragrant.

Add the Chick’n, mustard, vegetable stock and Marmite and mix well to combine.

Take 2 tbsp of liquid out of the pan and mix with the cornflour in a small bowl. Add the cornflour mixture back into the pan and bring to a boil. Season well and turn off the heat.

Pour the mixture into a pie dish and nestle in a pie whistle/funnel if you have one.

Roll the pastry sheet over the pie mixture, trim off any excess and pinch or ‘crimp’ the edges. If you don’t have a pie whistle, make two small slits in the pastry, towards the centre of the pie, to allow steam to escape.

Brush the pie with plant milk (optional but recommended) 

Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until the pastry turns golden brown.