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School Holiday Recipes

Meringues Mini Cheesy Chicken Pies

Ingredients Ingredients
4 egg whites, at room temperature 6 puff pastry sheets 250g of cheddar cheese, grated
Pinch of salt 3 tbsp butter 1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup (220g) CSR Caster Sugar ½ onion, chopped ¼ cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence 3 tbsp plain flour ½ tsp paprika, 3 tbsp chopped
500g chicken breast, cut into chives & Salt and pepper to taste
small pieces
Method Method
Preheat oven to 120°C. Line two baking trays with non-stick baking Preheat oven to 200°C. Spray muffin tin with oil. Using an egg ring, cut
paper. Assemble a piping bag with the piping nozzle of your choice. as many circles as you can in the defrosted puff pastry. In a saucepan,
Use an electric mixer to whisk egg whites and salt until soft peaks form. melt the butter over medium heat. Add the chopped onions and saute
Gradually add sugar, a tablespoon at a time, whisking well between until they become translucent. Sprinkle in the flour and mix well till you
each addition, until sugar dissolves. Once all the sugar has been added, have a smooth paste. Add the chicken, sour cream and milk. Mix well
continue to whisk on high for 3 mins. Whisk in the vanilla essence and cook until the chicken is cooked through. Taste and add salt and
and two drops of food colouring of your choice. Spoon mixture into pepper to your taste, along with paprika, chives, and shredded cheese.
piping bag and pipe desired shapes onto lined trays. Reduce the oven Mix and simmer on low heat for a further 10-15 minutes. Turn off the
temperature to 90°C. Bake meringues for 1 hour 30 mins. Turn oven off heat and let it cool. Place pastry rounds in bottom of muffin tin. Fill with
and leave meringues in the oven to cool completely. The kids can then pie filling. Place another pastry round on top. Bake in preheated oven
decorate, maybe they could make a face with lollies? for about 20 minutes, or till the top is golden brown and puffed up.

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