A pie to make your mouth water!
At Coombe Farm Organic, our favourite foods are often the simplest. Take our chicken and ham pie, for example. It's not made to a complicated recipe, and it's not packed full of spices and exotic flavours. We put in straightforward ingredients – Organic Diced Chicken and organic ham that are high welfare and organic – and they deliver rich, delicious flavour in return. The meat is left chunky and it combines with just the right amount of gravy to make each bite a succulent mouthful. Add to that the crumbly short crust pastry and you've got pie heaven right there.
The organic chicken that we use in our chicken and ham pies is reared in the nearby Blackdown Hills. Because high welfare standards are central to our organic system, our chickens live a lifestyle that lets them behave according to their natural instincts. These instincts – to scratch, peck, jump, run, take dust baths and hunt for insects – keep chickens constantly on the go. This constant activity results in healthy, well-formed muscles that in turn result in flavoursome meat with great texture and definition. It's that sort of meat that you need in a pie: meat with lots of character and a big wallop of taste.
Before cooking your chicken and ham pie, take it out of the freezer and let it thaw completely. Then brush the lid with some beaten egg, pop the pie into a preheated oven at 180°C and cook for about 20 minutes. When it's crisp and golden and you can smell the irresistible chicken and ham filling, you'll know it's ready. So don't waste any time – tuck in!
Rustic looking individual pies - absolutely delicious, I'd highly recommend trying these, yum! Rustic looking individual pies - absolutely delicious, I'd highly recommend trying these, yum!