Family Pie

This recipe was contributed by my Mother in law. It is a simple family pie which tastes so yummy! She is good in making all sort of pie and pie is a must during Christmas or Easter Day. It is also a quick and easy snack for the whole family.

Ingredients:
5 slices cabbage, peeled, cut into half
1 carrot, sliced
1 big potato, sliced or chunks
200gm chicken meat, chunks
6 sausages, cut into 1 cm thickness
50ml water
Salt & pepper

Dough:
400gm Plain Flour
200gm Margerine / butter
3 - 4 tbsp water or until reach the desire dough setting

Toppings (egg mixture):
3 eggs, lightly beat
100ml Evaporated milk

Dough making:
1. Put butter or margerine in a bowl.
2. Fold in flour, mix well by a spatula or processor.
3. Add in 1 tbsp water one at a time until dough is set.
4. Don't over mix the dough. Press light with hand.
5. Dust some flour on the rolling board.
6. Form a ball, press lightly and roll with rolling pin about 1cm thick.
7. Cut into desire shapes.

* We do not add salt because we are using margerine which is salty enough.



Methods:
1. Blanch all the vegetables.
2. Heat 2 tbsp Olive oil, stir fry chicken till half cooked. Do not over cooked the chicken.
3. Add in vegetables, stir fry till soft. Add in water and simmer a while.
4. Add salt and pepper to taste.
5. Make dough and set aside.
6. Grease the baking tray with some oil. Spread dough for base and sides.
7. Pour the ingredients to the tray (pic 1). Add in sausages, fold in egg mixture.
8. Place more dough at the sides. You may do some design or patterns with fork.
9. You may also add extra dough at the middle.
10. Pre-heat oven for 5 mins. Bake pie for 15 mins or till crust turn golden brown.(pic 2)
11. Off oven and set in for 5 mins. Serve warm. (pic 3)

Video on hand making pie dough