The clocks have gone back, the nights are crawling in and it’s only 48 days until Christmas which means it’s the perfect time of year for some comfort food. And what better comfort food is there than a nice warm pie? Ok well obviously there’s cake but I’ve consumed far too much cake in the past week including delicious pumpkin slices, banana cake and ginger loaf so I was in need of something savoury.

I’ve been really rubbish lately with home cooking and usually just whip up a simple dish for dinner so this Monday I cleared the night, found a pie recipe and decided I would cook dinner for the boys. The pie dish I found which was highly recommended belongs to BBC’s Good Food, Jane Hornby, and it is a chicken and mushroom pie.

For this you will need:

·         1 tbsp vegetable oil

·         8 skinless boneless chicken thighs

·         8 rashers smoked streaky bacon, cut into large pieces

·         1 onion, halved and sliced

·         250g pack baby button mushrooms

·         handful thyme sprigs

·         2 tbsp plain flour

·         400ml chicken stock

·         200ml milk

·         500g pack fresh puff pastry, or frozen and defrosted

·         1 egg, beaten

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