Serve this gently spiced rooster pie heat or chilly – it's scrumptious both approach. Whereas it seems spectacular for a celebration or picnic, it's simple to make utilizing ready-made puff pastry

• Preparation and cooking time
  • Prep:45 minutes
  • Prepare dinner:1 hr and 20 minutes
  • plus at the very least a number of hrs marinating, cooling and chilling
• Straightforward
• Serves 8

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Components

• 6 boneless, skinless rooster thighs
• 1 tsp floor turmeric
• giant piece ginger, peeled and finely grated
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 3 tbsp korma curry paste
• 400ml can coconut milk
• 400g spinach
• 60g dried mango, chopped into chunks
• 50g raisins
• 500g block puff pastry
• plain flour, for dusting
• 1 egg, overwhelmed
• a mix of black onion seeds, flaked almonds and cumin seeds, for sprinkling
• small bunch of coriander, chopped
• mango chutney, to serve (optionally available)

For the dressing

• 100g Greek yogurt
• 1 tsp gentle curry powder
• ½ lemon, juiced

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Methodology

• STEP 1

  Tip the rooster right into a bowl with the turmeric, ginger, cumin seeds, korma paste and pinch of salt. Combine effectively. Go away to marinate for a number of hours, or in a single day (if marinating in a single day, cowl and chill).

• STEP 2

  Tip the marinated rooster right into a medium saucepan and pour over the coconut milk. Stir, convey to a simmer over a low warmth and prepare dinner for 40 minutes till very tender (it must be falling aside). Go away to chill.

• STEP 3

  In the meantime, tip the spinach right into a colander and pour over a kettleful of boiled water till wilted. Go away to chill, then squeeze out as a lot water as you’ll be able to and roughly chop. Roughly shred the rooster into the sauce within the pan, then stir via the chopped spinach, dried mango and raisins to make a unfastened filling. May be made a day forward.

• STEP 4

  Roughly halve the puff pastry, however be sure that one half is barely greater. Roll the smaller half out onto a floured floor to a circle about 25cm in diameter, then switch to a baking tray. Pile the filling into the center of the pastry circle, leaving a border across the edge. Brush the border with a bit of the overwhelmed egg. Roll out the remaining pastry half to a circle about 30cm in diameter. Drape this over the filling, urgent or crimping the perimeters to seal. Chill for at the very least 20 minutes. At this stage, the pie may be coated and saved chilled in a single day.

• STEP 5

  Warmth the oven to 200C/180C fan/ fuel 6. Gently rating a criss-cross sample excessive of the pie utilizing a pointy knife, then brush throughout with extra of the overwhelmed egg. Bake for 20 minutes, then take away from the oven, brush with the remainder of the egg, and sprinkle over the seed and almond combination and a bit sea salt. Bake for 20 minutes extra, or till the pie is deep golden and the almonds are toasted. Whereas the pie bakes, mix the dressing substances.

• STEP 6

  Go away the pie to chill, then minimize into wedges and serve with the yogurt dressing and a few chutney, if utilizing.