Recipe

Pork, apple, parsnip and sage pie

  • 18 mins preparation
  • 40 mins cooking
  • Serves 4
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Ingredients

Pork, apple, parsnip and sage pie
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 1/2 tablespoon butter
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 2 tablespoon roughly chopped sage leaves
  • 3 apples, peeled and cut into wedges
  • 3 parsnips, peeled and chopped
  • 800 gram pork mine
  • 3 tablespoon plain flour
  • 2 cup chicken stock
  • salt flakes and cracked black pepper
  • 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
  • 1 egg, whisked
  • green salad, to serve

Method

Pork, apple, parsnip and sage pie
  • 1
    Preheat oven to 220°C/200°C fan-forced. Heat half the oil and butter in frying pan over high heat. Add onion, sage, apples and parsnips and cook for 6 to 8 minutes until just golden. Remove from pan and set aside.
  • 2
    Return pan to heat with remaining butter and oil. Add pork mince and brown for 4 minutes. Sprinkle over flour and continue to cook for a further 2 minutes. Add stock, salt and pepper and scrape bottom to remove any remnants from pan.
  • 3
    Return vegetables to pan, cover with pastry and brush with beaten egg. Place in oven for 25 minutes until pastry is puffed and golden.
  • 4
    Serve pie with green salad.