Easy but yummy pie filling?

[JoyceEasterBunnyaby]

I'm going to make a pie this Sunday, I think, instead of my normal roast. I make a reasonable shortcrust pastry, but I'm stuck on what to put in the pie. Does anyone have any good ideas or recipes? Thanks!

World's your oyster with pie fillings. Traditional or unusual. Personal favourite would be Chicken, Ham and Mushroom which I usually make with leftovers. From scratch you would poach some chicken pieces and diced gammon with button mushrooms in seasoned milk until tender, then strain off the milk and use some of it to make a white sauce. Use a little of the sauce to moisten the pie filling and keep the rest back to serve at the table

I once a fake beef and ale sort of pie by making my usual beef stew recipe and putting a puff pastry lid on it. Emboldened, I've since made a chicken/leek/tarragon pie and a vegetarian one with onions, mushrooms, cheese and thyme. I'm intending to expand my pie repertoire to try spanakopita (spinach/feta/pine nut pie), chicken and broccoli and pork/chorizo/black bean (sort of Cuban style).

I've never had corned beef pie but MoFo's enthusiasm is intriguing!

Chicken and ham pie with a simple white sauce, chuck in some mushrooms if you're feeling adventurous. It's bloody gorgeous.

i made chicken leek and mushroom the other day was lush

i also sometimes cheat and use a tin of marks and sparks stewed steak if i'm being a lazy cow

also if you do beef in guinness this works good with a pastry lid

corned beef also yum - ive never made it but my gran does

My Mum makes corned beef and tomato pies/pasties sometimes - they are, as the youth of today might say, the bomb.

My fave pie fillings are chicken and leek, cheese and onion, anything involving goats cheese and good old beefy ale with lots of gravy.

Thanks for all these suggestions!! I don't know what to go for first, though!

Just remember: Shortcrust for beef - puff for chicken/veg. That the law.

OK, you want really easy?

Cube leftover roast chicken, mix with one tin of Campbell's condensed chicken soup (low fat one if you're feeling virtuous, and please no one start telling me about the salt content, it's not like we're having it every day), use as pie filling.

Personally I favour very thin and crispy shortcrust top and bottom on a stainless steel pie plate, glazed with beaten egg, but you must do as you wish regarding the pastry.

It's DD's favourite dinner in the entire world, especially when served with new potatoes, broccoli and sweetcorn. Clean plates all round, no whinging.

How do you make a corned beef pie?

Do you cook the shallots?

I use M&S bacon and leek sauce with diced chicken and mushrooms. throw in a bit extra ham and leeks, and works v well with shortcrust pastry. even ds lurves it (and this is a boy who wipes sauce off his bolognais)