Chicken pie with a carrot thatch

• large carrot↗1

  or 2 small

• large potato↗1

  or 2 small

• butter↗2 tbsp tbsp

  melted

• slice cooked ham↗1
• chicken breast↗

  fillets

• frozen peas↗3 tbsp tbsp

  defrosted

• double cream↗4 tbsp tbsp

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Ask a grown-up to heat the oven to 200C/180C fan, then boil the carrot and potato whole for 5 minutes, then put them in a bowl of cold water to cool down. When cold, peel them carefully.

2. 2

   Grate the carrot and potato (cut them into chunks first if you are using a rotary grater).

3. 3

   Put the grated carrot and potato in a large bowl, add the melted butter and mix it all together.

4. 4

   Cut the ham into small pieces using scissors or a small knife, then cut the chicken into pieces.

5. 5

   Put the chicken and ham in a pie dish with the peas and cream and give everything a stir.

6. 6

   Spoon the carrot thatch onto the pie and ask your grown-up helper to put the pie in the oven for 50 minutes or until the chicken and topping are cooked through.