Mini pork picnic pies

Tasty little pies that you make in a muffin tin. Makes 10 Prep 30 mins Cook 55 mins

10 quail’s eggs

450g lean pork mince

150g sausages, skinned and crumbled 1 tsp fennel seeds, crushed

3 tbsp flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped ½ tsp smoked paprika

500g ready-made shortcrust pastry 1 egg, beaten to glaze

1 Carefully add the quail’s eggs to a pan of boiling water and cook for 2 mins, then plunge into iced water. Peel the eggs when they’re completely cool.

2 Put the mince, sausagemeat, fennel, parsley and paprika in a large bowl and add 1 tsp sea salt and ½ tsp ground black pepper. Mix well with clean hands. Fry a tiny piece of the mixture to check the seasoning and add more if you think it needs it.

3 Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5.

Roll two-thirds of the pastry to the thickness of a 20p piece, then cut circles big enough to line 10 holes of a muffin tin. Line the holes with the 10 circles of pastry, then fill each half-full with pork mixture. Make a little indent in the mince in each pie and sit a quail’s egg in each indent, then cover the eggs with the remaining mince mixture. Roll out the rest of the pastry and top every pie, crimping the edges together with a fork. Glaze the pies with the egg, then use a knife to make a little steam hole in each.

4 Bake the pies for 40 mins, then let them cool completely in the tin before removing. PER SERVING 388 kcals, fat 27g, saturates 10g,

carbs 19g, sugars 1g, fibre 2g, protein 17g, salt 1.1g

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