Tag: smoked haddock lasagne ramsay

Half-term baking

Goodtoknow TV

Free & easy recipe video: Watch new how-to recipe videos with goodtoknow and Woman’s Weekly see all videos >

  1. These little sugary mounds of coconut are so easy to make, they take just seconds to mix so are ideal for children to cook too. These coconut cakes are also gluten-free.

  2. These cute little fairy cakes are perfect for kids’ parties and they only need 15 minutes in the oven – easy peasy!

  3. A really simple recipe by Queen of Cakes, Mary Berry for a classic lemon drizzle cake, with crunchy lemon icing

  4. Imagine the kids’ faces when you hand out these eerie spider’s web cupcakes on Halloween night = they’re a real treat!

Your favourite recipes to cook with kids

Kids love getting involved with the cooking and if you’re after easy recipes that you can cook with kids, try out our child-friendly recipes from easy rocky road bars to peppermint creams. We recommend these cooking with kids recipes:

 

Psst! Try our easy guide to baking with the kids

  • Great British Bake Off judge and Queen of Cakes, Mary Berry, shows us how to make the best known and loved of all fam…

  • You probably learnt to cook butterfly cakes when you were young so why not enjoy an hour in the kitchen and bake them…

  • Make your own cupcakes, then turn them into sheep, pigs, and puppies with Annabel Karmel’s inventive recipe. She say:…

  • Cupcakes are always popular with the kids but young ones will love these animal decorated ones – perfect for afternoo…

  • Use this easy cupcake recipe to make 12 basic cupcakes, then all you need to do is use your imagination when it comes…

  • Love baking? You need to download our brand new cake app today

  • Give your whoopie pies a fresh fruity twist by trying this easy recipe. Make a tangy raspberry filling and top with m…

  • Have some fun with the kids this Easter and make this cute Easter chick. Made with cereal and melted chocolate, it’s …

  • These mouth-wateringly delicious chocolate-dipped ice cream balls are so simple to make and you can customise them fo…

  • Have fun with the kids by making a batch of our easy Easter biscuits together. Then, let them go crazy with the icing…

  • Fancy doing some Easter baking with the kids? They’ll love making these cute Easter nests, using white chocolate for …

  • These party favourites are great to make with the kids. And the best thing about these fairy cakes is you can decorat…

  • This fun recipe is a great opportunity to get kids involved in the kitchen and now we have an easy step-by-step pictu…

  • These party favourites are great to make with the kids. And the best thing about these fairy cakes is you can decorat…

  • These rich chocolate cupcakes made with Galaxy Bubbles pack a double chocolate punch thanks to the rich, gooey icing …

  • The kids’ll love baking these fun chocolate-y ‘Moo Pats’ – and decorating them with coloured fondant icing.

  • Get the kids to bake with these easy-to-make and fun Moo-sli bars with oats, sultanas and chocolate chips.

  • A classic recipe for a chunky, chocolate chip cookie. The golden syrup makes them deliciously sticky too. Your very o…

  • If the kids are at home with nothing to do, get them in the kitchen and help them make some sweet treats.

  • This lemonade tastes so good that you could set up a table in your front garden and sell it.

  • Get the kids involved in baking these fun and tasty giant cookies. Teach them how to make basic cookies then get them…

  • This clever vegetarian lasagne only needs five ingredients and is quick and easy to make. Plus it counts as two porti…

  • Our lovely user Victoria made these amazing chocolate whoopie pies to keep her kids quiet during half term. We bet it…

  • We love Victoria’s apple-shaped cookies, which she made for the teachers on the last day of term. These cookies are a…

  • Great British Bake Off judge and Queen of Cakes, Mary Berry, shows us how to make the best known and loved of all family cakes …

  • A classic recipe for a chunky, chocolate chip cookie. The golden syrup makes them deliciously sticky too. Your very own Cookie …

  • Use this easy cupcake recipe to make 12 basic cupcakes, then all you need to do is use your imagination when it comes to decora…

  • These party favourites are great to make with the kids. And the best thing about these fairy cakes is you can decorate them as …

  • These super-sweet swizzle sticks are guaranteed to go down a treat at children’s parties. Grown-ups will love them, too

  • Get the kids into the kitchen to make this super-easy, super-chocolatey sponge cake, decorated with pretty, multicoloured sweets

  • A really simple recipe by Queen of Cakes, Mary Berry for a classic lemon drizzle cake, with crunchy lemon icing

  • These cute little fairy cakes are perfect for kids’ parties and they only need 15 minutes in the oven – easy peasy!

  • A quick and easy sweet treat that’s perfect for parties and only 3 ingredients. The kids can easily make these with your help -…

Latest Cooking with kids pictures

Liked our recipes? You’ll love these…

  • Kids

    Smiley face pizzas, sunshine pasta and egghead sandwiches are just some …

  • Packed lunch

    Looking for healthy lunchbox ideas? Bored of the same old lunches? We’ve…

  • Kids’ food and party

    Try our exciting recipes for children’s meals and party food. Make recip…

  • Snack

    Looking for snacks?

  • Baby food

    Purees, fun-shaped food, fruit snacks and other food to tempt your little people

  • Marshmallow

    Kids just low marshmallows and they’re great as party food, either toast…

  • Rocky road

    Looking for an easy rocky road recipe? We have lots of different quick a…

  • Sandwich

    Everyone loves a sandwich but have you run out of ideas? Get the ultimat…

  • Pizza

    Make a homemade pizza tonight! Our simple pizza recipes take minutes. We…

  • Bonfire night

    Comforting and warming Bonfire night recipes. Our Bonfire cake, Bonfire …

  • Halloween

    Our Halloween recipes will make any Halloween party perfect! So check ou…

  • Kids’ pasta

    Even fussy eaters are likely to love a bowl of tasty pasta for their tea…

  • Jelly

    Try our delicious jelly recipes – make party food for the kids like fres…

  • Toffee apple

    Looking for a toffee apple recipe? Choose from our collection of toffee …

Halloween recipes face-off

Trick or treat? Which of these spooky recipes do you prefer? We’ve got 15 Halloween face-offs, click through each to vote. Halloween cupcakes or spider’s web whoopie pies?

Spider’s web whoopie pies

Or would you rather make an inventive whoopee pie?
Make the recipe now

 60% 1791 votes

 40% 1791 votes

We’d like to let you know that this site uses cookies. Without them you may find this site does not work properly and many features may be unavailable. More information on what cookies are and the types of cookies we use can be found here

Chicken and leek pie

Goodtoknow TV

Free & easy recipe video: Watch new how-to recipe videos with goodtoknow and Woman’s Weekly see all videos >

A delicious chicken pie to feed the whole family. The chicken and leek filing is tasty and moist, topped with ready-made puff pastry.

  • Serves: 8

  • Prep time: 50 mins

  • Cooking time: 1 hr 30 mins

  • Total time: 2 hrs 20 mins

  • Skill level: Bit of effort

  • Costs: Mid-price

That’s goodtoknow

This pie can be made in advance and frozen. To freeze before baking, wrap the pie in cling film. Defrost in the fridge overnight, brush with egg and cook as above adding about an extra 10 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 1.5kg (3lb) free-range chicken
  • 1 carrot, peeled, cut into chunks
  • 2 celery sticks, cut into chunks
  • 2 onions, peeled and chopped
  • 2 bay leaf
  • 1 tbs olive oil
  • 2 leeks, trimmed and sliced thickly
  • 150g (5oz) bacon lardons, smoked or unsmoked
  • 60g (2oz) butter
  • 60g (2oz) plain flour
  • 3 tbs crème fraîche, optional
  • 1 tbs coarse-grain mustard
  • A few thyme sprigs
  • Salt and ground black pepper
  • 375g pack ready-made puff pastry
  • A little beaten egg
  • 1.5-2 litre (2½-3½ pints) pie dish

Method

  1. Put the chicken in a large pot with the carrots, celery and an onion. Add a bay leaf and pour in enough cold water to cover. Put a lid on the pan, bring to the boil, then simmer, uncovered, for about 45 mins until the chicken meat starts to fall off the bone.
  2. Take the chicken out and set aside for about 20 mins. Put the pan back on the heat, bring the stock to the boil and simmer for an hour to reduce it. As soon as the chicken is cool enough to handle, take the meat off the bones and add the bones to the stockpot for extra flavour.
  3. Heat the oil in another pan, and add the other onion and leeks. Fry for about 5 mins, stirring. Add the bacon and fry for 5 mins more. Put into pie dish with bite-sized chunks of chicken.
  4. Add the butter and flour to the pan, and cook, stirring to make a paste. Remove bones before gradually adding 600ml (1 pint) of the hot chicken stock to make a smooth sauce. Let it boil for a couple of mins, then add the crème fraîche, if using, and the mustard, the other bay leaf, thyme leaves and seasoning. Pour over chicken and leeks in the dish and stir well. Leave to cool.
  5. Roll out the pastry just a little larger than the top of the pie dish and cut out. Brush the edge of the dish with egg, fit some trimmings round it, then put the cut-out pastry on top. Press down well to seal, trim off excess pastry and roughen up edges. Roll out trimmings to make decorative “leaves”. Make a small hole in the top and arrange the “leaves” on the pastry top. Chill the pie while the oven heats up.
  6. Set the oven to Gas Mark 6 or 200°C. Heat a baking sheet in it. Brush pastry with egg. Put the dish on the baking sheet. Bake for 30-40 mins until the pastry is golden and the filling bubbling up.

By Kate Moseley

Cooked this? Upload a picture to our Facebook page

Nutritional information per portion

  • Calories 502(kcal)
  • Fat 25.0g
  • Saturates 12.0g

This nutritional information is only a guide and is based on 2,000 calories per day. For more information on eating a healthy diet, please visit the Food Standards Agency website.

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

Loved this recipe? Try these too!

Today’s poll

Which day of the week do you do the bulk of your food shopping on?

  • Monday 6%
  • Tuesday 5%
  • Wednesday 5%
  • Thursday 12%
  • Friday 17%
  • Saturday 16%
  • Sunday 5%
  • Different days every week 16%
  • In small bits all through the week 18%

Thanks, your vote has been counted!

We’d like to let you know that this site uses cookies. Without them you may find this site does not work properly and many features may be unavailable. More information on what cookies are and the types of cookies we use can be found here

Proudly powered by WordPress

By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. Click here to read more information about data collection for ads personalisation

The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.

Read more about data collection for ads personalisation our in our Cookies Policy page

Close