Pork Sausage, Leek & Apple Pies

[nverland]

Pork Sausage, Leek & Apple Pies
Serves 4 pies Prep time 15 minutes Cook time 25 minutes Total time 40 minutes

Ingredients

1 x pack of Pork Link Sausages, (chopped into chunks)
1 x leek, trimmed, washed and diced
1 x Bramley apple, peeled, cored and diced
1 teaspoon butter
1 teaspoon olive oil
125ml cider
1 tablespoon plain flour
125ml chicken stock
50ml double cream
1 tablespoon wholegrain mustard
1 x sheet (320g) puff pastry
1 x egg, beaten
2 teaspoons pumpkin seeds

Directions

Step 1 Preheat oven to 200°C.
Step 2 In a large heavy based saucepan over a medium high heat, fry off the leeks, sausages and apples in the olive oil and butter for about 10 minutes until golden brown. Stir in the flour and cook out for a further 2 minutes.
Step 3 Add the cider and reduce down to half. Add the stock, mustard and double cream and reduce until lovely and thick. Cool.
Step 4 Divide your filling between 4 small pie dishes.
Step 5 On a floured bench top, cut out 4 pieces of pastry just larger than the small pie dishes/cups. Lay over the top of the pie dishes, using a fork tightly press the edges.
Step 6 Brush the pastry with the beaten egg and sprinkle with pumpkin seeds.
Step 7 Bake for 20-25 minutes until lovely and golden. Serve hot!