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Ham "friand" pie

A "friand" (the word means "fond"!) is a sort of French pasty. This pie-style version has two layers of puff pastry filled with a mixture of cheese, ham and bechamel sauce.

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Last modified on: September 8^th 2018

For 4 people, you will need:

1 4 slices ham
2 1 tablespoon olive oil
3 300 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
4 200 g Bechamel sauce
5 150 g grated cheese
6 30 g beaten egg
Total weight: 895 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
25 min.	40 min.	1 hour 5 min.

Keeping:

A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a non-stick frying pan on medium heat, then fry a slice of ham for a few seconds to brown it on one side only.

Stage 2

Do this for the 4 slices ham.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).

Butter a metal oven tray or roasting tin.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Line the bottom with a layer of puff pastry.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Cover with bechamel sauce.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Then a layer of grated cheese.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Arrange the slices of ham on top.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Add another layer of bechamel sauce, then more grated cheese.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Finish with a second layer of puff pastry and glaze.

Stage 10 - 5 min.

You can decorate the pie by sticking on cut-out shapes of left-over pastry.

Stage 11 - 35 min.

Bake on a low shelf in the oven for about 35 minutes.

You can eat this pie hot from the oven, or leave to cool and cut into 4 portions (with a serrated knife) and refrigerate or freeze it for later.

Remarks

One difficulty of this recipe is to prevent the bechamel sauce soaking into the pastry and leaving it heavy and dense. To avoid this, get the pie into a hot oven as soon as it is assembled in the tin.

You can also begin by precooking the underneath layer of puff pastry in the dish, after pricking it all over with a fork just beforehand to stop it puffing up.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 4.88 €
Per person : 1.22 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mini palmiers, Peach and verbena feuilleté, Chicken and mushroom pie, Maroilles cheese quiche, Epiphany galette, ... All
	Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin slices with spinach, Moussaka, Italian style gratin, Spinach on toast with bechamel, Harvest Gratin, ... All
	Grated cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potato and broccoli gratin, Spinach on toast with bechamel, Italian style gratin, Gratin of chicken with rice and sautéed mushrooms, Oxtail Parmentier, ... All
	Beaten egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple and Blackcurrant Brioche Pies, Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Toasted-flour biscuits, Gâteau Basque , Pogne de Romans, ... All

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