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Pork pie with chicken and apricots
Fruit and vegetables
1 large
onion
, finely chopped
4 sprigs lemon
thyme
, leaves picked (normal
thyme
also works)
1 baking potato, peeled and very thinly sliced
Tins, packets and jars
500g/1lb 2oz
plain flour
, plus extra for dusting
Cooking ingredients
100g/3½oz
strong white flour
2½ tsp
salt
150g/5½oz
dried apricots
, thinly sliced
salt and freshly ground
black pepper
Dairy, eggs and chilled
125g/4½oz chilled salted
butter
, cubed
1 free-range
egg
, beaten
Meat, fish and poultry
200g/7oz boneless
chicken thighs
, cut into bite-sized pieces
400g/14oz good-quality
pork sausages
, casings removed
Other
150g/5½oz vegetable
fat
(such as Trex), plus extra for greasing
325ml/11fl oz boiling water
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