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Christmas for one

Christmas dinner pie with roasted veg

You can use bought shortcrust if you don’t want to make this sage-flavoured one.

■ Serves 1 ■ Prep 35 mins plus chilling and drying ■ Cook 1 hr 5 mins FREEZABLE

200g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
2 sage leaves, finely chopped grating of nutmeg
110g cold butter, cut into cubes
1 egg yolk gravy, to serve

FOR THE FILLING

1 tbsp fresh breadcrumbs
1 skinless ‘chicken breast, cut in half to make 2 thinner fillets, then cut

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