Lazy Leftover Pot Pie

As much as I love to cook yummy food for my loved ones, yesterday was a lazy day for me. I just didn't really feel like cooking much, and also there's not much stuff that I've to cook.

Hence, I decided to do a Lazy Leftovers Pot Pie, and to my surprise, both the boss and lil missy loved it. Boss call this Christmas Leftover Pot Pie.

RECIPE
Ingredients :

1 can of Cream of Chicken Soup
1 small bag of frozen vegetables
1 pack of frozen puffed pastry sheets
left over Turkey & Ham ( you may use chicken )
1 egg (for egg wash)

Method :
pre-heat oven to 200C
thaw puffed pastry sheets at room temperature
cut into quarters
stack about 4 quarters to form this height (can be higher)
egg wash in between the sheets to stick them together
on the top sheet, use a round cutter/mould to create dent, to prevent the portion from rising
egg wash top surface
Place in oven for about 20mins

Heat pan with oil
put in turkey and ham, frozen vegetables (simple stir-fry)
put in cream of chicken soup
stir occasionally,  and add water slowly as you go along till desired consistency
allow it to come to small boil.
And ready to serve

After puffed pastry is done, use a knife to cut the circle out, and create a little well.
Scoop the the turkey and ham mix into the the well and serve.
You can serve with a side salad or mash.

Chinese New Year : Pineapple tarts

Pineapple tarts made with love

Its starting to feel like Chinese New Year, when you hear all the those CNY songs every where you go.

Ever since I was young my mum would always bake lots of goodies as the festival gets closer, especially Pineapple tarts. As we didn't have much money then, my mum would make pineapple tarts and sell them to her colleagues (who would gladly place order).  All so good.. the buttery melt in your mouth tarts, and pineapple fillings that were cooked over charcoal fire. Those good old days. Since mum became unwell 2-3 years ago, she has stopped baking, and partly also because she hasn't figured out how to operate those 2-in-1 convectional oven.

So as we (Mum and I) were having 1 of small talks, we were both reminiscing the good old days plus the goodies, and we decided why not we bake a batch over at my place? So the idea was born, and my mum decided that she make the pineapple fillings ( no more over the charcoal fire, but over the gas stove) over at her place and bring over and we will do the rest over at my place.

Hence this morning we had so much fun baking together. It was fun baking with mum. Last time whenever mum bakes I was not allowed to help, as its deem that I would be playing more than helping. 

Also I've decide to blog about it partly to document down the recipe (as old people dislike measurement, and everything is done via estimation), and also to keep as memories. As we grow up, our parents grow older, I do not know how many more times we can do this together.

Mum mixing and kneading the dough

A we-fie with mum while baking

All ready to go into the Oven

 RECIPE

Ingredients : 

Tart 

about 850-900gm Plain flour

500gm butter 

1 tablespoon sugar

1 egg

Pineapple filling

can be store bought or DIY

for DIY

Roughly about 5 pineapple, grated 

sugar 

Method : 

Tart

Mixed all the ingredients by hand till they form dough

DIY pineapple filling

drained grated pineapple

cook over small fire w sugar (to taste as some like it tangy while others sweet)
P/s :  Mum add about 200gms of sugar to 3 pineapple to start off)

stir often, and cook till all juice have been evaporated and pineapple is dry, and allow to cool

Roll dough out and cut with pastry cutter

roll pineapple filling into balls to be placed in the middle 

egg wash pastry portion (use only egg yolk)

Pre-heat oven to 165- 170 degree celsius

bake for 20 mins

allow the tarts too cool before storing in containers